The Moon comes to Monticello: Lunar Rocks to arrive next week

Posted on July 12, 2018
Ashley Hunter, ECB Publishing, Inc. From Wednesday, July 18 until Friday, July 27, Monticello will have a very special guest: lunar rocks! These rocks, which will be displayed within the Jefferson County Library will be visiting for a short time, compliments of NASA. Between 1969 and 1972, NASA brought back 842 pounds of lunar rocks, samples, pebbles and soil. These samples are stored at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, but occasionally are permitted to be sent out to researchers a
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