NASA astronaut explains moon samples from 50 years ago that can help future space travel

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NASA astronaut explains moon samples from 50 years ago that can help future space travel
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NASA waited decades for technology to catch up. Tools that allow researchers to pull atoms from gasses and determine what they are.

"We might have wasted the samples had we tried to analyze the samples in 1971, and now we're not going to waste it," Zeigler explained.On Monday, NASA updated Americans with its plans to return to the moon. The Artemis mission plans to send crewed missions to space in 2024, with the goal of putting people on the moon in 2026.

Curators know gas was found inside the Apollo 17 sample, but it'll take more time to figure out what gasses they are. Apollo 17 collected more samples than any other Apollo mission. Cernan said their training took them far away from the Johnson Space Center to make that happen

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