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The Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts
Lunar basalt 70017 - Ilmenite Basalt
Video of the "Goodwill rock" gathered from the Moon
{{The Moon Apollo program lunar sample displays 70017 Petrology United States–European relations United States–Central American relations United States–South American relations United States–African relations United States–Asian relations United States–Caribbean relations United States–Middle Eastern relations United States–North American relations United States–Oceanian relations Lunar samples Gene Cernan Harrison Schmitt 70017 Basalt
The Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh human being t ...
and Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviationâ ...
on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo Lunar Module and then divided into smaller pieces on Earth.
History
Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moonbasalt
Basalt (; ) is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90 ...
that was collected by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the last crewed Moon landing, Apollo 17, when they made a speech referring to "the children of the world". In 1973 President Nixon gave pieces of the lunar basalt 70017 to the 50 United States. Others were given as goodwill gifts by NASA. Some of the displays with the Moon rocks have been stolen, while others have been lost in inventory. NASA still has about 80 percent of the original rock.
Description
The Apollo 17 "Lunar basalt 70017" total weight was 2957 grams. It was described by NASA as a "medium-grained high-Ti basalt" with a "crystallization age about 3.7" billion years "and an exposure age about 220" million years.See also
*List of Apollo lunar sample displays
This is a list of lunar sample displays from the Apollo program that were distributed through the United States and around the world. They include samples from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions conducted by NASA in 1969 and 1972.
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* *Video of the "Goodwill rock" gathered from the Moon
{{The Moon Apollo program lunar sample displays 70017 Petrology United States–European relations United States–Central American relations United States–South American relations United States–African relations United States–Asian relations United States–Caribbean relations United States–Middle Eastern relations United States–North American relations United States–Oceanian relations Lunar samples Gene Cernan Harrison Schmitt 70017 Basalt