UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Telescope
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Space shuttle
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Space probe
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Rover
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Detailed explanation-1: -Core tubes were used to obtain samples from below the Moon’s surface. These tubes were either 2 or 4 centimeters in diameter and were pounded into the surface with a hammer. Such core tubes reached a maximum depth of about 70 centimeters, requiring about 50 hammer blows. Apollo 12 photograph AS12-49-7286.
Detailed explanation-2: -Apollo 11 carried the first geologic samples from the Moon back to Earth. In all, astronauts collected 21.6 kilograms of material, including 50 rocks, samples of the fine-grained lunar regolith (or “soil"), and two core tubes that included material from up to 13 centimeters below the Moon’s surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contengency sampler. Lunar Dust brush. Tongs. Brush scribe lens. Hammer.