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The Lunar Soil

A close analysis of a tablespoonful of soil from the sample gathered by the Apollo 11 astronauts at Tranquility Base tells much about the structure and early history of the moon

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 223 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Lunar Soil” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 223 No. 2 (), p. 14
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0870-14