Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, reveal their secrets.

50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes Keith Cooper Tue, June 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM PDT 4 min read ...

Over 50 years have passed since humanity last set foot on the Moon during Apollo 17 in 1972. Commander Eugene Cernan, the last man to leave the lunar surface, expressed hopes that humanity would ...

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The propeller that helped thrust the USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier and figures into a pivotal scene from the Apollo 13 ...

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

Scientists have probed tiny glass beads among NASA's Apollo 17 rock samples and found new information about the moon's ancient volcanoes.

Apollo 17 mission brought back lunar soil. Astronauts found tiny glass beads called Moon beads. These beads formed 3.3 billion years ago during volcanic eruptions. Molten lava cooled and solidified ...

In the Apollo Program, he was the flight director for seven Apollo flights, including the Apollo 11 moon landing, Apollo 13, the flight that was successfully recovered after a major in-flight ...