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Within the scope of the Apollo 17 mission of the US National Aeronautics and Space Agency in 1972, the sample collected from the Moon and kept closed until today was opened.
According to CNN’s report, the sample collected from the Moon about 50 years ago was opened and examined by scientists at the US National Aeronautics and Space Agency’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston..
The sample was named “73001”
In order not to suffer any loss, the sample was meticulously examined and x-ray technology was used in the research.
The sample, called “73001”, was collected from the Taurus-Littrow Valley by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt as part of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission to the Moon in 1972 and placed in vacuum tubes on the Moon’s surface to be reopened on Earth.
To date, the sample has been kept in a second protective tube at the Johnson Space Center.
In this way, the pieces collected from the Moon were stored for future examination with better technologies.
It is expected to shed light on manned expeditions to the Moon
Another example collected by Apollo 17 was opened in 2019.
Samples collected from the lunar surface are expected to shed light on understanding the evolution of the Moon and future manned missions to the Moon.
NASA aims to organize manned missions to the Moon by 2025 as part of the exploration mission named after the Greek Moon goddess “Artemis”.
After the expeditions, which are planned to continue until 2028, it is aimed to establish a space station in lunar orbit and to organize manned expeditions to Mars by using this place as a stepping stone.
