Canada lunar sample displays Canada lunar sample displays The Canada lunar sample 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 Canada by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts. The Apollo 11 Canadian moon rocks commemorative podium plaque display consists of four "moon rock" rice-size particle specimens that were collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 and a small Canadian flag that went to the Moon and back. The four Moon rocks weigh about
Timeline of United States inventions (1946–91) reality with his "google n' gloves" system. 1968 Turtle Excluder Device 1968 Zipper (ride) 1969 Lunar Module The Lunar Module was the lander portion of spacecraft built for the "Apollo program" by Grumman in order to achieve the transit from cislunar orbit to the surface and back. The module was also known as the LM from the manufacturer designation. NASA achieved the first test flight on January 22, 1968 using a Saturn V rocket. Six successful missions carried twelve astronauts, the first being Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969, to the moon surface and safely back home