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Though China now has more than 1.7 kilograms of lunar soil gathered from its historic Change 5 mission, the government practices a prudent policy when it comes to distributing these valuable samples to researchers.

Chinese research institutions set to receive 4th batch of lunar samples-

A lunar sample brought back by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission has been sold at an auction for $500,000.

The first-ever lunar sample, retrieved by astronauts on Apollo 11, is coming to auction after a circuitous ownership history.

The sample is being opened at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston and studied by the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis Program (ANGSA) -- a science team which aims to learn more about the sample and the lunar surface.

The Apollo 14 mission landed on the moon in 1971, but what the astronauts brought back could be making history now. HowStuffWorks investigates.

To validate predictions regarding the Oceanus Procellarum area, the Chinese researchers utilised only tiny fragments.

Lunar soil sample on display at museum 1 2021-03-01 09:41:38China Daily Editor : Li Yan ECNS App Download Visitors crowd around Lunar Sample 001, which is on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing, on Feb 27, 2021. (Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn) A 100-gram sample of lunar soil was added to the collection of the National Museum of China on Saturday and unveiled for public viewing. It was among nearly 2 kilograms of lunar samples retrieved by ...

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