Far from ordinary, it took a cutting-edge NASA design to safeguard these treasures during the Apollo missions Elana Scherr Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the ...

Instead, the lunar sample is due to be returned this month to NASA headquarters, a NASA spokeswoman confirmed Friday to USA TODAY. The U.S. space agency has long had its sights set on sending ...

Held tight within that canister were delicate wafers ... As clearly indicated by the Apollo lunar samples, pointed out Burnett, "sample returns are forever," with science gained as new ideas ...