California lunar sample displays

Apollo 11 lunar sample display

The  California lunar displays  are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the state of California by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 1.1 Apollo 11
* 1.2 Apollo 17
* 2 History
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading

## Description

### Apollo 11

Main article: Astronomy:Apollo 11 lunar sample display

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### Apollo 17

Main article: Astronomy:Apollo 17 lunar sample display

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## History

Recovered flag of Apollo 17 goodwill lunar display from museum fire of Feb. 22–23, 1978 "Moon rock" of the goodwill lunar display recovered from the fire of Feb. 22–23, 1978

The California Apollo 17 lunar sample display burned in a 1978 fire at the San Diego Aero-Space Museum.[1] The damaged plaque is stored at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.[2]

According to Moon rocks researcher Robert Pearlman, the California Apollo 11 display is also housed in the San Diego Air & Space Museum.[3]

## See also

* List of Apollo lunar sample displays

## References

1. ↑ Amero, Richard. History of the Casa de Balboa Building in Balboa Park. http://www.balboaparkhistory.net/casadebalboa.pdf. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `moon rocks Apollo 17`
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `Apollo11displays`

## Further reading

* Kloc, Joe (February 19, 2012). The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks. The Atavist/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. pp. 47.

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