:Delaware lunar sample displays
{{Short description|Stolen and missing moon rock}}
The Delaware lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the state of Delaware by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.
Description
= Apollo 11 =
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= Apollo 17 =
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History
The Delaware Apollo 11 "goodwill Moon rocks" plaque display was stolen in 1976.
The Delaware Apollo 17 lunar samples plaque display is held in storage by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Exhibits of the display are rare.{{cite web|url=http://www.wdde.org/12633-reluctant-rock-star-delawares-moon-rock/ |title=Reluctant "rock" star: Where is Delaware's moon rock? |publisher=WDDE 91.1 FM |first1=Pam |last1=George |date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024234200/http://www.wdde.org/12633-reluctant-rock-star-delawares-moon-rock/ |archive-date=October 24, 2013 }}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |work=Every Evening Journal |location=Wilmington, Delaware |date=January 22, 1975 |page=3 main section/4th column |title=Moon Rock Presented To Tribbitt}}
- {{cite news |work=Morning News |location=Wilmington Delaware |date=October 4, 1977 |page=3 |title='Priceless' moon souvenirs stolen, officials say |first1=Paula |last1=Parker}}
- {{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}}
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