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Moon rock from 1972 adorns US President Joe Biden's Oval Office Moon rock from 1972 adorns US President Joe Biden's Oval Office A rock sample from the Moon taken by NASA in 1972 adorns US President Joe Biden's Oval Office. advertisement UPDATED: January 25, 2021 06:59 IST A view of the Resolute desk seen during an early preview of the redesigned Oval Office awaiting President Joseph Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 2021. An Apollo 17 moon rock can be seen on the bottom shelf of the bookcase at far right. (Image: © Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A 3.9-b...

NASA Loans Precious 3.9-Billion-year-old Moon Rock to Joe Biden's Oval Office at White House FOLLOW US ON: NASA has loaned a Moon rock for display in the Oval Office of the White House at the request of the Joe Biden administration. The Moonrock now sits in the Oval Office in symbolic recognition of earlier generations' ambitions and accomplishments, and support for America's current Moon to Mars exploration approach. The "Lunar Sample 76015,143" is from the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the US space agency said on Thursday. Apollo 17 astronaut Ro...