Spain lunar sample displays Spain lunar sample displays The Spain lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of tiny fragments of moon specimens brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions. These plaques were given to the people of Spain by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts. The Spain Apollo 11 lunar sample display commemorative plaque consists of four rice-size specimens of lunar rock that were collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 and a small flag. The 4 specimens weigh about 0.05 grams in total. They are encased in a clear plastic
David Schoumacher David Schoumacher David Schoumacher ( ; born October 13, 1935) is a former newspaper and television journalist. He was also a television anchor in Washington D.C. from the 1950s until he retired. His newspaper journalism career was some twenty years from the 1950s to '70s, and then he became a television journalist, a correspondent on the 1968 Eugene McCarthy campaign, Vietnam War, the Watergate Trials, and interviewing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. As a reporter, Schoumacher worked for CBS, ABC, and finally WJLA-TV 7, a local channel in Washington and ABC affiliate. He worked for WJLA-TV from