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Missing moon rock from Apollo 17 mission back in Louisiana
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The Indian Express | 30/09/2021 06:36 PM | Click to read full article
Louisiana has recovered a missing lunar rock gifted to the state to commemorate the last manned US mission to the moon after it turned up in the hands of a man who recycles wooden plaques.
The rock from the 1972 Apollo 17 landing was in the possession of the Louisiana State Museum on Tuesday, The Advocate of Baton Rouge reported.