ASTRONAUTS COLLECTED ROCKS,
PEBBLES, SOIL, AND DUST. THEY
ALSO TOOK PERSONAL ITEMS TO
SPACE THAT REFLECTED THEIR
INTERESTS, BELIEFS, AND PASSIONS.
LEFT: A piece of Lunar
Sample 15016, a form
of basalt, is preserved
in a stainless steel cab-
inet filled with flowing,
purified nitrogen gas.
WHAT WE TOOK
NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTERT MINUS
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