Display Information
NASA provides a number of lunar samples for display at museums, planetariums, and scientific expositions around the world. Lunar displays are open to the public. This webpage does not include the Goodwill samples presented by President Richard Nixon to 135 countries and the 50 U.S. states in 1970 and 1973.
Display History
On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew was launched into space from NASA's Kennedy Spacecraft Center, Florida. This was the first lunar mission with the primary goal of landing men on the Moon and safely returning them back to the earth. The Apollo 11 astronauts performed scientific experiments and collected rock and soil samples during their 2 hour and 14 minute exploration of the lunar surface.
During the Apollo program, which ended in December 1972, the United States successfully brought back lunar samples to Earth. These missions were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. From September 1970 to August 1976, Russia returned lunar samples during three unmanned missions: Luna 16, 21, 24.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, provides lunar samples to laboratories and institutions of higher learning for scientific experimentation and education. In addition to these samples, NASA provides a number of lunar samples for display at museums, planetariums, and scientific expositions around the world. Lunar displays are open to the public.
Complete List of Lunar Sample Displays
The complete lunar sample display list is available for download as a PDF file.
Ambassador of Exploration Awards
Recipient Institution | In Astronaut's Name | Program/Mission | Samples Number, Assigned |
CA Science Ctr, LA, CA | Dr. Buzz Aldrin | Apollo 11 | 10017,9010 |
Cradle of Aviation Mus. NY | Michael Collins | Apollo 11 | 10071,82 |
Cincinnati Museum Ctr, OH | Neil Armstrong | Apollo 11 | 10071,107 |
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA | Pete Conrad** | Apollo 12 | 12054,85 |
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA | Dick Gordon | Apollo 12 | 12022,236 |
Naval Academy Mus, Annapolis, MD | Alan Shepard** | Apollo 14 | 14321,1789 |
S. FL Sci Museum, W. Palm Beach | Edgar Mitchell | Apollo 14 | 14321,1786 |
Astronaut Hall of Fame, FL | Stu Roosa** | Apollo 14 | 14321,1788 |
Irwin Charter School, Col Sp, CO | Jim Irwin** | Apollo 15 | 15418,239 |
KSC Visitor Center | Al Worden | Apollo 15 | 15059,274 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | John Young | Apollo 16 | 65015,65 |
Farragut Academy, FL | Charles Duke | Apollo 16 | 65015,61 |
Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL | Ken Mattingley | Apollo 16 | 61015,61 |
Mus of Naval Aviation, FL | Gene Cernan | Apollo 17 | 77035,254 |
Museum of Northern Arizona | Harrison Schmitt | Apollo 17 | 75035,9 |
University of KS @ Lawrence, KS | Ron Evans** | Apollo 17 | 77035,64 |
Broward Public Library, Ft. Lau, FL | Donn Eisele** | Apollo 7 | 15059,25 |
Frontiers of Flight Musuem, TX | Walt Cunningham | Apollo 7 | 15059,273 |
San Diego Aerospace Museum, CA | Wally Schirra | Apollo 7 | 15418,245 |
Pima Air & Space, Tucson, AZ | Frank Borman | Apollo 8 | 62255,13 |
Paxuxent Air Navel Museum, MD | Jim Lovell | Apollo 8 | 62255,27 |
U of MI, Ann Arbor, MI | Jim McDivitt | Apollo 9 | 77035,256 |
CA Academy of Sci, San Fran, CA | Rusty Schweickart | Apollo 9 | 60315,204 |
Stafford Museum, Weatherford, OK | Tom Stafford | Apollo 10 | 77035,255 |
Longmont Museum, CO | Vance Brand | Apollo(ASTP)/Shuttle | 15415,56 |
Biloxi Visitor Center, MS | Fred Haise | Apollo13/Shuttle | 14321,1787 |
Wings Over the Rockies Mus, CO | Jack Swigert** | Apollo13 | 15418,173 |
Slayton Museum, Sparta, WI | Deke Slayton** | Mercury/Apollo(ASTP) | 65015,237 |
West Point Museum | Ed White** | Gemini/Apollo | 15418,61 |
Mus of Nature & Sci, Denver, CO | Scott Carpenter | Mercury | 77035,258 |
Glenn Institue, OH State U, OH | John Glenn | Mercury/Shuttle | 77035,16 |
UT | Walter Cronkite | Independent | 10071,106 |
Purdue University, IN | Roger Chaffee** | Apollo/Gemini | 77035,17 |
VA Tech | Christopher Kraft | Flt Control/Ctr Dir. | 10017,315 |
Central Catholic High School, OH | Gene Kranz | Flt Controller | 77035,257 |
Rice University, Houston, TX | JFK Family | President | 62255,14 |
List of Display Locations in Australia
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Paddys River
ACT 2620, Australia
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10072,80.
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Haymarket, Sydney
NSW 1238, Australia
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 61016,116.
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Symonston
ACT 2609, Australia
Displays:
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,396
List of Display Locations in Austria
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Vienna, Austria
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,6.
List of Display Locations in Canada
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Vancouver, BC
V6J 3J9 CANADA
Displays:
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,263.
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Calgary, AB
T2E 6W5 CANADA
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,86.
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Laval, QC
H7T 2T8 CANADA
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15545,87.
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Edmonton, AB
T5M 4A1 CANADA
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,791.
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North York, ON
M3C 1T3 CANADA
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15075,25.
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Montreal
Displays:
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,395
List of Display Locations in Denmark
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DK-1610 Copenhagen, DENMARK
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 75015,53.
List of Display Locations in France
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BP 25855
31506 Toulouse Cedex 5 FRANCE
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15499,10.
List of Display Locations in Germany
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D10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 76015,143.
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53113 Bonn, GERMANY
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,32.
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86720 Nördlingen, GERMANY
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 66075,26.
List of Display Locations in Japan
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Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi
Fukuoka 805-0071 JAPAN
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12006,1.
List of Display Locations in Mexico
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Coyoacán C.P.
04510 Mexico, D.F., MEXICO
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10045,19.
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,286.
List of Display Locations in Netherlands
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2201 AZ Noordwijk Zh, NETHERLANDS
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 77035,99.
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Den Haag
Netherlands
Displays:
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,266
List of Display Locations in Philippines
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Manila, PHILIPPINES
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,37.
List of Display Locations in Switzerland
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1211 Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,766.
List of Display Locations in United Kingdom
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CF10 3NP UNITED KINGDOM
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12022,92.
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41 Guildhall Lane, Leicester
LE15FQ UNITED KINGDOM
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 74255,14.
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SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,87.
List of Display Locations in United States of America
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Huntsville, AL 35805
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12065,15.
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Anchorage, AK 99501
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,919.
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Tucson, AZ 85743-8918
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 75015,54.
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Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15075,68.
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San Francisco, CA 94118-9961
Displays:
- Thin Section display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,18.
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,69.
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Oakland, CA 94619
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,879.
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Pasadena, CA 91109
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14310,221.
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Los Angeles, CA 90027
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14321,1810.
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Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,160.
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University Avenue
Boulder, CO 80309-0459
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,884.
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Golden, CO 80401
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,916.
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Washington, DC 20036
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12053,93.
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6th & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20560
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15016,20.
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,53.
- Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70051,55.
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,84.
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 79135,102.
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10th & Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC 20560-0119
Displays:
- Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,19.
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,447.
- Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,210.
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,880.
- Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,54.
- Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,126.
- Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67915,276.
- Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67915,302.
- Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70051,51.
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Washington, DC 20016
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10057,230.
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Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15058,187.
- Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,40.
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,287.
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Kailua-Kona, HI 96745
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 74255,38.
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Chicago, IL 60611
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15499,67.
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Chicago, IL 60605
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,767.
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Chicago, IL 60637-2093
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 79155,10.
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Indianapolis, IN 46204
Displays:
- Glass Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60025,821.
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Abilene, KS 67410
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,461.
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Hutchinson, KS 67501-1499
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10020,57.
- Display of Apollo 12 Surveyor Scoop with Lunar Dust Sample 12029,25.
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Greenbelt, MD 20771
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14310,215.
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Boston, MA 02125
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,50.
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Jackson, MI 49201
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,54.
- Thin section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,170.
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Bldg 1200
NSTL Station, MS 39529
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15015,80.
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Albuquerque, NM 87104
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 71566,4.
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Alamogordo, NM 88311-0533
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,93.
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New York, NY 10024-5192
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14305,30.
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15475,134.
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,179.
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,57.
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New York, NY 10017
799 United Nations Plaza
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample 14321,86.
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Durham, NC 27704
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15459,173.
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Cleveland, OH 44114
Displays:
- Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15015,79.
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University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106-1767
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,35.
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Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample 10017,37.
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Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH 45433-7102
Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 67455,1.
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Philadelphia, PA 19103-1194
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,463.
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Columbia, SC 29202-3107
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample 60015,177.
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Houston, TX 77030
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12018,13.
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Austin, TX 78705
(512) 916-5136
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,161.
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Houston, TX 77058
(512) 916-5136
Displays:
- Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70215,238.
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Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1145
(512) 916-5136
Displays:
- Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,244.
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample 15555,464.
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Hampton, VA 23669-4033
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70017,138.
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Displays:
- Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample 70035,59.
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Seattle, WA 98108
Displays:
- Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12047,6.