Table 1. Lunar Sample Inventory
20 petrographic thin section sets (12 each)
199 lunar educational disks (6 each)
65 permanent and 15 traveling displays (~150 grams each)
3 "touchstones"
| By Mission |
Weight |
Number |
EVA length |
Distance |
| * The Luna samples were collected as small cores.
|
| Apollo 11 |
21.5 kg |
58 |
2.2 hr |
0.5 km |
| Apollo 12 |
34.4 |
69 |
7.6 |
2.0 |
| Apollo 13 |
aborted |
|
|
|
| Apollo 14 |
42.3 |
227 |
9.2 |
3.4 |
| Apollo 15 |
77.3 |
370 |
18.3 |
23.0 |
| Apollo 16 |
95.7 |
731 |
20.1 |
20.7 |
| Apollo 17 |
110.5 |
741 |
22.0 |
31.6 |
| Total Apollo |
382 kg |
2196 |
89 hr |
81 kg |
| Luna 16 |
0.101 kg |
35 cm* |
|
|
| Luna 20 |
0.05 |
27 |
|
|
| Luna 24 |
0.17 |
160 |
|
|
Lunar Meteorites
Lunar Basalts
| Location |
Sample # |
Paired Samples |
| Anoual |
Ann |
|
NWA 773 pairs |
| Asuka |
Asu |
881757 |
|
| Dhofar |
Dho |
287 |
|
| La Paz Icefield |
LAP |
02205 |
02224, 02226, 02436, 03632, 04841 |
| Miller Range |
MIL |
05035 |
|
| Northeast Africa |
NEA |
003 |
|
| Northwest Africa |
NWA |
032 |
479 |
| |
NWA |
773 |
2700, 2727, 2977, 3160, 3170, 3186, 3333, 6950, 7007, ANOUAL |
| |
NWA |
4734 |
|
| |
NWA |
4898 |
|
| Yamato |
Yam |
793169 |
|
Moderately Mafic Breccias (AKA Mingled)
| Location |
Sample # |
Paired Samples |
| Calcalong Creek |
Cal |
|
|
| Dhofar |
Dho |
925 |
960, 961 |
| |
Dho |
1180 |
|
| |
Dho |
1442 |
|
| |
Dho |
1629 |
|
| Elephant Moraine |
EET |
87521 |
96008 |
| Galb Inal |
|
|
provisional |
| Kalahari |
Kal |
008 |
009 |
| Lynch |
Lyn |
002 |
|
| Meteorite Hills |
MET |
01210 |
|
| Northwest Africa |
NWA |
2995 |
2996, 3190, 4503, 5151, 5152, 6252, 6554, 6555, [6831 provisional], [unnamed 3, 12] |
| |
NWA |
3136 |
|
| |
NWA |
4472 |
4485 |
| |
NWA |
4819 |
|
| |
NWA |
4884 |
|
| |
NWA |
5153 |
2995 pairs? |
| |
NWA |
5207 |
2995 pairs? |
| |
NWA |
7611 |
|
| Queen Alexandra Range |
QUE |
94281 |
|
| Sayh al Uhaymir |
SaU |
169 |
|
| |
Unn |
04 |
unnamed |
| |
Unn |
43 |
unnamed |
| Yamato |
Yam |
793274 |
981031 |
| |
Yam |
983885 |
|
Listed By Type
| Type |
weight |
number |
** Total length of Apollo cores is 15 meters (52 segments)
*** Number of lunar meteorites is increasing
|
| Soils |
80 kg |
167 |
| Breccias |
133 |
79 over 300 g each |
| Basalts |
80 |
134 over 40 g each |
| Cores** |
20 |
24 holes |
| Other |
69 |
|
| Meteorites |
~10 |
29*** |
