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Apollo 11 Moon Rock Gifted to Ireland Lost in Fire, Archives Uncover

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  • A piece of moon rock, presented to Ireland following NASA's Apollo 11 mission, was revealed to have been destroyed in a fire.
  • The moon rock had traveled almost 240,000 miles from the moon to Earth before its destruction in 1977.
  • It was initially stored improperly and entrusted to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, later placed at Dunsink Observatory.
  • Fortunately, Ireland received a second lunar sample from Apollo 17, which currently resides at the National Museum of Ireland.
  • NASA's Apollo missions returned a total of 842 pounds of lunar material, providing significant scientific insights.

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