:Nebraska lunar sample displays
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The Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska lunar sample displays are at the Ralph Mueller Planetarium of the University of Nebraska State Museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.governorsresidence.ne.gov/about.html |title=About the Governor's Residence |publisher=State of Nebraska|accessdate=November 4, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nebraskahistory.org/museum/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608222720/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/museum/index.shtml |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |title=Museum/Historic Sites Division |publisher=Nebraska State Historical Society |date=2009 |accessdate=13 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spacelaser.com/50years.html |title=Mueller Planetarium Celebrates 50 Years of Discovering the Universe |date=1957–2008 |publisher=Mueller Planetarium, University of Nebraska–Lincoln |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |accessdate=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303040246/http://spacelaser.com/50years.html |archivedate=March 3, 2013 }}
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
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