ABOUT THE SAMPLE

as seen in the historic lab photo to the left.

as seen in the above historic lab photo.

The sample shown in the above model and video is a subsample of 10021's original parent rock that was picked up on the Moon,The subsample above is specifically identified as Lunar Sample 10021,79 and is currently the largest remaining sample of 10021's original mass. Rocks are subsampled for approved research, education and outreach, and is part of normal curation practices for NASA's astromaterials collections. You can learn more about this sample by visiting its curation page