THE FIRST LUNAR ROCK SAMPLE photographed in detail at the lunar receiving laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas. It is a granular, fine-grained mafic (iron-magnesium-rich) rock. In early examination the rock appears similar to several igneous types found on earth. It is sample 10,003 collected by Apollo 11. —Photograph by cable.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32053, 30 July 1969, Page 17
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54THE FIRST LUNAR ROCK SAMPLE photographed in detail at the lunar receiving laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas. It is a granular, fine-grained mafic (iron-magnesiumrich) rock. In early examination the rock appears similar to several igneous types found on earth. It is sample 10,003 collected by Apollo 11. —Photograph by cable. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32053, 30 July 1969, Page 17
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