#MoonGeology - Twitter Hashtag

about 1 year ago

In Geology ✔️ Mineralogy - Botany #Apollo17 #LunarSamples #MoonGeology #SpaceScience 🚨 Breaking: "News in Geology" ❤️ 🔁 Unlocking the Moon’s Secrets: Apollo 17’s Last Sealed Samples Opened After 50 Years In a historic moment, NASA has opened the final sealed Apollo 17 lunar samples, untouched since their collection in 1972. This milestone, marking 50 years of preservation, offers a rare glimpse into the Moon’s geological past, leveraging advanced technology to uncover secrets locked in lunar soil. Imagine a time capsule from the Moon, sealed for half a century, now revealing clues to our cosmic origins. What mysteries will these pristine samples unveil? ▶️ Formation Story The Apollo 17 mission, the last crewed lunar landing, collected 243 pounds of material from the Taurus-Littrow valley. Among these were vacuum-sealed core samples, preserved to protect their volatile compounds from Earth’s atmosphere. Stored at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, these samples were safeguarded for future analysis with cutting-edge tools unavailable in the 1970s. ▶️ Geological Insights The opened samples, from a core tube driven into the lunar regolith, contain fine-grained soil, rock fragments, and potential volatiles like water ice. Initial analysis reveals basaltic fragments, indicating ancient volcanic activity, and anorthosite, a key component of the lunar highlands. Scientists are examining isotopic ratios to date the Moon’s formation and trace its bombardment history. The presence of solar wind particles, embedded in the regolith, offers clues to the Sun’s ancient behavior, shedding light on the solar system’s early environment. ▶️ Interesting Fact These samples were collected by astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the only geologist to walk on the Moon, whose expertise guided the selection of this scientifically rich material. 🔎 What do you think these lunar samples will reveal about our Moon’s history? ❤️ 🔁 Like & Share your thoughts below! 🎞️ 50 years later: Sealed Moon Samples Opened https://t.co/WiZgdHL8b1

geologyBits's tweet photo. In Geology ✔️ Mineralogy - Botany
#Apollo17 #LunarSamples #MoonGeology #SpaceScience

🚨 Breaking: "News in Geology"

❤️ 🔁 Unlocking the Moon’s Secrets: Apollo 17’s Last Sealed Samples Opened After 50 Years

In a historic moment, NASA has opened the final sealed Apollo 17 lunar samples, untouched since their collection in 1972.

This milestone, marking 50 years of preservation, offers a rare glimpse into the Moon’s geological past, leveraging advanced technology to uncover secrets locked in lunar soil.

Imagine a time capsule from the Moon, sealed for half a century, now revealing clues to our cosmic origins.

What mysteries will these pristine samples unveil?

▶️ Formation Story
The Apollo 17 mission, the last crewed lunar landing, collected 243 pounds of material from the Taurus-Littrow valley.

Among these were
vacuum-sealed core samples, preserved to protect their volatile compounds from Earth’s atmosphere.

Stored at NASA’s
Johnson Space Center, these samples were safeguarded for future analysis with cutting-edge tools unavailable in the 1970s.

▶️ Geological Insights
The opened samples, from a core tube driven into the lunar regolith, contain fine-grained soil, rock fragments, and potential volatiles like water ice.

Initial analysis reveals
basaltic fragments, indicating ancient volcanic activity, and anorthosite, a key component of the lunar highlands.

Scientists are examining
isotopic ratios to date the Moon’s formation and trace its bombardment history.

The presence of solar
wind particles, embedded in the regolith, offers clues to the Sun’s ancient behavior, shedding light on the solar system’s early environment.

▶️ Interesting Fact
These samples were collected by astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the only geologist to walk on the Moon, whose expertise guided the selection of this scientifically rich material.

🔎 What do you think these lunar samples will reveal about our Moon’s history?

❤️ 🔁 Like & Share your thoughts below!

🎞️ 50 years later: Sealed Moon Samples Opened
https://t.co/WiZgdHL8b1

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Nasapod @nasapod

over 1 year ago

Astronomy Picture from 15/02/2004 A Spherule from the Earth's Moon Source: https://t.co/OahsoWz3gD #LunarImpacts #MoonGeology #SpaceRocks #ApolloMissions #Micrometeoroids #CraterImpact #LunarSpherule #GlassBead #ImpactCrater

nasapod's tweet photo. Astronomy Picture from 15/02/2004

A Spherule from the Earth's Moon

Source: https://t.co/OahsoWz3gD

#LunarImpacts #MoonGeology #SpaceRocks #ApolloMissions #Micrometeoroids #CraterImpact #LunarSpherule #GlassBead #ImpactCrater https://t.co/Dqu2kxTB2L

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James OConnor @jameshoconnor

over 7 years ago · Brisbane

I hope to see humans establish a lunar base in my lifetime. Boots-on-the-ground Geologists & Geophysicists on the moon.This NASA video explains why the Moon could be more important than you think. #selenology #geology #lunarscience #moongeology #australianastronauts @HeadSpaceAu

ARCHIVED - NASA Moon @NASAMoon

almost 8 years ago

By mapping impact craters on our Moon with @LRO_NASA data, scientists have made a surprising discovery about the history of asteroid impacts on Earth. https://t.co/0sMo7MZrfh

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Carolina Rojas, M.S. @LatinaGeologist

over 8 years ago

This is awesome! #moongeology #moon #geology

Peter James @PeterBJames

over 8 years ago

Lunar geology is great to teach because you can wrap your mind around the basics in a few minutes. Here's lunar geology in a nutshell: white anorthosite (from California), black basalt (Hawaii), small ilmenite crystals (Pakistan) and peridotite xenoliths (San Carlos reservation).