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Genesis Rock
Rock retrieved from the Moon in 1971 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Genesis Rock (sample 15415) is a sample of Moon rock retrieved by Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and David Scott in 1971 during the second lunar EVA, at Spur crater on Earth's Moon. With a mass of c. 270 grams (4,200 grains),[1] it is currently stored at the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility in Houston, Texas.
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