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Apollo moon rocks may have finally solved an old lunar mystery
A new analysis of Apollo moon samples reveals insight into the history of the lunar magnetic field.
Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field. The lunar magnetic field is currently weak or even nonexistent, but cranked up to superstrength for short snippets of
Apollo moon rocks show the Moon had short bursts of strong magnetism, not a long lasting magnetic field, changing how we understand history.
NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.
CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. "Jim's ...