:Brazil lunar sample displays
The Brazil lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 Moon missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the country of Brazil by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.
Description
= Apollo 11 =
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= Apollo 17 =
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History
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The Brazil Apollo 17 "goodwill Moon rock" plaque display is held in the state of Rio Grande do Sul by the Museum Dom Diogo de Souza in Bagé; the museum acquired it from Brazilian President Emilio Medici Garrastazu.{{cite web |url=http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL691381-15605,00.html |location=São Paulo |work=Globo |publisher=Globo Organizations|language=Portuguese |title= Gaúchos querem vender pedra lunar |trans-title= Gauchos want to sell moon rock |date=2002-09-30 |accessdate=November 2, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100211160454/http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL691381-15605,00.html |archive-date= 2010-02-11}} The display is a source of pride for the city.
As of 2002, the building in which the Brazil Apollo 17 lunar sample display is stored was a dilapidated nineteenth-century structure. When an idea to sell the display to raise money emerged in 2000, the residents of the city protested and the plan was withdrawn. The display is rarely exhibited.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |title=The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks |pages=47 |first1=Joe |last1=Kloc|publisher=The Atavist/Amazon Digital Services, Inc |date=February 19, 2012 |asin=B007BGZNZ8}}
External links
- [http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/displays/displays.cfm Partial list of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 sample locations, NASA Johnson Space Center]
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Category:Stolen and missing Moon rocks