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Back to the Future: Linking Apollo and Artemis Generations of Lunar Explorers with Special Samples from the Moon

Charles Shearer (University of New Mexico/Lunar and Planetary Institute), Francis McCubbin (NASA Johnson Space Center), Ryan Zeigler (NASA Johnson Space Center), and Juliane Gross (NASA Johnson Space Center/Rutgers University)

Introduction Over a period of only 41 months from July 16, 1969, to December 19, 1972, six human missions landed on the Moon as part of the Apollo program. During this very short period, human activity and capability expanded for each mission on the lunar surface. For example, during Apollo 11 astronauts carried out one extravehicular activity (EVA) that […]