Sample Containers are a rare item that is used to store alien samples in The Cycle: Frontier. Unlike most of the other items in the game, a Sample Container is not used in any printing recipe. It, ...

Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the Apollo 12 astronauts transported invaluable samples of moon back to Earth. Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Between 1969 and 1972, Apollo astronauts brought back to Earth a total of nine containers of moon ...

Apollo mission planners were really smart. Recognizing that future scientists will have better tools and richer scientific insights, they refrained from opening a portion of the lunar samples returned ...

You’d think grabbing a scoop of dirt off an orbiting space rock and then delivering it back to Earth would be the most complicated part of an asteroid sample collection mission, but the real challenge ...

Nearly 50 years ago, between 1971 and 1972, some lunar materials were brought back from the Moon to Earth by Apollo astronauts. Nine “special samples” were collected during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 ...

In 1972, when geologist and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt spotted a patch of unusual orange soil on the moon, he knew it was special, but he wasn’t sure exactly why. “Until it was possible to ...

Between 1969 and 1972, Apollo astronauts brought back to Earth a total of nine containers of moon material that were sealed on the lunar surface. Two of the larger sealed samples were collected by ...