These Apollo-era samples continue to be a cornerstone of lunar science, providing the most direct link to the Moon’s surface processes and evolution, including space weathering,” Dr. Raut said. Caleb ...

A love for space exploration led Jessica Atkin, a Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate student in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, to produce the first-ever ...

Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in ...