Skip to main content

Our World: The Stories Moon Rocks Tell

Play video - Our World: The Stories Moon Rocks Tell
Description

More than 50 years ago the Apollo missions brought Moon rocks, core samples, pebbles, sand, and dust back to Earth. While scientists have been studying these lunar samples for years, researchers at the Astromaterials Acquisition & Curation Office are using new instruments and modern technology to study and analyze six preserved core samples. Astromaterials 3D, an interactive virtual library, also gives everyone the chance to virtually manipulate and look inside of 3D rocks samples.

What can we learn from analyzing and studying moon rocks with cutting edge technology? Moon rocks can unravel the stories and mysteries about the Moon, Earth, and our solar system.

Published on: October 25, 2023

Download High Def. Video
Caption File
YouTube
NOTE: Download Caption file and link it in your player to get caption in the video.

Keywords
Our World, Our World: The Stories Moon Rocks Tell, Stories Moon Rocks Tell, elementary, science, technology, mathematics, education, video, NASA, eClips, NIA, Earth, Space, moon, solar system, Ryan Zeigler, Lunar Sample Curator, NASA's Johnson Space Center, age, surface, Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office, Apollo 11, anorthosite, magma, Apollo 15, impact origin, magma ocean theory, x-ray tomography, Astromaterials 3D, Erika Blumenfeld, astromaterials, Subject Matter Experts
Related Links

Related NASA eClips Resources

Background Information

  • NASA's JPL Psyche. K-5, 6-8, 9-12

Activities