A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place - a piercing tool built by ESA will open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years. The opening will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases which may have been preserved in the sample. Analysis of the gaseous volatiles will allow scientists to better understand the geology of the Moon and hel
Monday, December 20, 2021
Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon
Paris (ESA) Dec 20, 2021
A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place - a piercing tool built by ESA will open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years. The opening will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases which may have been preserved in the sample. Analysis of the gaseous volatiles will allow scientists to better understand the geology of the Moon and hel
A pretty special gift unwrapping will soon take place - a piercing tool built by ESA will open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years. The opening will allow the extraction of precious lunar gases which may have been preserved in the sample. Analysis of the gaseous volatiles will allow scientists to better understand the geology of the Moon and hel
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