{"id":718737,"date":"2022-03-08T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718737"},"modified":"2022-03-08T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T22:04:46","slug":"nasa-is-just-now-opening-a-vacuum-sealed-sample-it-took-from-the-moon-50-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=718737","title":{"rendered":"NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Astronauts hammered collection tubes into the lunar surface on the last Apollo mission to the moon. Now the samples are being carefully pierced open \u2014 to be analyzed by today’s latest tech.<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Robert Markowitz\/NASA-Johnson Space Center)<\/p>\n


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\n Click here for original story, NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago<\/a>
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\nSource: NPR Space News <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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