2020-04-02_Science_Illustrated

10 | SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED

Humans may travel to the Moon again in

2024, and as part of its preparations NASA

has retrieved old Apollo mission samples from the

archives. Today, it is possible to analyse the Moon

dust more accurately than it was back in the 1970s,

and that might help plan the future missions. Far

more detailed X-rays can be taken now, making it

easier to identify the exact contents while avoiding

any harm to the samples as they are examined.

Back to the Moon: archived

sample is re-examined

Photo // James Blair

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MEGAPIXEL MOON DUST