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UNM Research Scientist Charles “Chip” Shearer, far left, along with other ANGSA scientists. The team systematically examined the double drive tube core over a three-week period in preparation for “opening” the tube.

Harrison Schmitt,

Harrison Schmitt,

Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA), at Station 5 at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

UNM scientists’ part of NASA team to open Apollo-era lunar samples

NASA looks to the past to prep for the future

By Steve Carr March 09, 2022

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Research

Tags: UNM Institute of Meteoritics

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