Norway lunar sample displays

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Norway Apollo 17 goodwill plaque

The Norway lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the Kingdom of Norway by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.

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Apollo 11

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Norway Apollo 11 'Moon rocks' display

At the request of Nixon, NASA had about 250 presentation plaques made following Apollo 11 in 1969. Each included about four rice-sized particles of Moon dust from the mission totaling about 50 mg. [1] [2] The Apollo 11 lunar sample display has an acrylic plastic button containing the Moon dust mounted with the recipient's country or state flag that had been to the Moon and back. All 135 countries received the display, as did the 50 states of the United States and the U.S. provinces and the United Nations. [1]

The plaques were given as gifts by Nixon in 1970. [1]

Apollo 17

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Message on Apollo 17 plaque

The sample Moon rock collected during the Apollo 17 mission was later named lunar basalt 70017, and dubbed the Goodwill rock. [3] Pieces of the rock weighing about 1.14 grams [2] were placed inside a piece of acrylic lucite, and mounted along with a flag from the country that had flown on Apollo 17 it would be distributed to. [3]

In 1973 Nixon had the plaques sent to 135 countries, and to the United States with its territories, as a goodwill gesture. [3]

History

The Apollo 11 goodwill display given to Norway was placed in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Museum of Science at Trondheim, Norway. [4] [5]

The Norway Apollo 17 "goodwill Moon rocks" plaque display is alarmed and exhibited at the geological collection of the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo. [1] [3] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pearlman, Robert. "Where today are the Apollo 11 goodwill lunar sample displays?". CollectSPACE. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Tales of lunar rocks through the years". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Associated Press. 2012-05-23. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pearlman, Robert. "Where today are the Apollo 17 goodwill lunar sample displays". CollectSPACE. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  4. Haugnes, Gunhild (February 26, 2012). "The two first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, took rock samples to Earth. Now it turns out that one of these is the Science Museum in Trondheim". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  5. Haugnes, Gunhild (February 26, 2012). "Moon Rock from Apollo 11 in Trondheim". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  6. Fighter, Gunhild (February 21, 2012). "Norwegian moonstone worth tens of millions". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved November 2, 2012.

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