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Chang'e 5

Chinese lunar lander

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Nov 27, 2025
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How do lunar rocks differ from Earth rocks and support Apollo landings?

Apollo-returned lunar rocks differ from Earth rocks in age, formation history, mineralogy and surface processing: Apollo missions returned 382 kg of samples that are mostly igneous (basalts and anorth...

Oct 25, 2025
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How do independent experts verify the authenticity of moon rocks brought back by astronauts?

Independent verification of lunar samples relies on a combination of —from multi-microbeam analyses to X-ray methods—and comparisons with archived Apollo chemistry. Recent analytical work on returned ...