Nearly 50 years after it was collected, a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission has finally been opened at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. It's one of the last unopened samples from the final Apollo mission to land humans on the moon.
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Nearly 50 years after it was collected, a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission has finally been opened at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. It's one of the last unopened samples from the final Apollo mission to land humans on the moon.
"We have had an opportunity to open up this incredibly precious sample that's been saved for 50 years under vacuum and we finally get to see what treasures are held within," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, in a statement.
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