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On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the Moon! Astronauts John Young & Charles Duke used the Lunar Rover to explore the Descartes Highlands and brought back over 200 pounds of lunar rock. A key milestone in space exploration!
#Apollo16 #LunarRover #NASA #SpaceHistory #MoonMission #SpaceExploration #LunarSamples #NASAHistory
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"...we used a combination of advanced X-ray analysis methods, including microtomography, tomosynthesis and hyperspectral chemical mapping to carry out a non-destructive forensic investigation of the Dutch Apollo 11 Goodwill sample...[and] non-destructively interrogate the samples encased in plastic without contact... Our forensic investigation asked the question: were the rocks in the Dutch display actually picked up on the surface of the moon ...?"