NASA Science Live: We Just Opened a 50 year old Moon Sample

When Apollo astronauts began bringing samples from the Moon to Earth over 50 years ago, NASA chose to keep some samples unopened and untouched for future scientists to study. Now, NASA has opened the final pristine core sample of the Moon from the Apollo 17 mission to be studied in stateoftheart laboratories with the most uptodate technologies. Have questions Join NASA experts Thursday, March 24 at 3:00pm ET for an inside look at how decadesold Moon samples are opened and what we hope to learn. Meet the Experts: Dr. Juliane Gross is the Deputy Apollo sample curator. In this role she takes care of the Moon rocks, makes sure they are kept safe and provides assistance with selecting samples to help scientists carry out the best research. Dr. Gross favorite part about her job at NASA is working with the lunar curation team, helping other scientists and cool special projects like processing samples cold inside a freezer. In her free time, Dr. Gross loves being active and being outdoors and e