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Apollo 15: the Genesis Rock

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo15-40100

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

Lunar Receiving Lab photo of sample 15415, a 269 gram piece of pure anorthosite - dubbed the 'Genesis Rock' by the press - that Apollo 15 astronauts collected at Spur Crater. This rock would be 4 billion years old.

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1971 - APOLLO - APOLLO 15 - GENESIS ROCK - LUNAR ROCK - METEORITE - MOON - SAMPLE -