GCL3409150: APOLLO 11, 1969 Astronaut Neil Armstrong packing the bulk sample at the MESA (Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly) of the Apollo 11 lunar module 'Eagle,' 20 July 1969. At left, a solar wind collector is shown next to the American flag. Photographed by astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. / Bridgeman Images
GCL3409174: APOLLO 17: LUNAR LANDSCAPE A view of the lunar landscape at the Taurus-Littrow landing site during the Apollo 17 mission, 12 December 1972, showing astronaut Harrison H. 'Jack' Schmitt with the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the rim of Shorty Crater. Family Mountain is visible in the center background. Photographed by astronaut Eugene Cernan. / Bridgeman Images
GCL3409177: APOLLO 16: BOULDER, 1972 Holding a pickaxe in one hand and a sample bag in the other, astronaut Charles M. Duke examines a boulder adjacent to 'House Rock,' near North Ray Crater, during the Apollo 16 mission, 23 April 1972. A lunar rake is shown leaning against the boulder. Photographed by astronaut John Young. / Bridgeman Images
GCL3409186: SPACE: LUNAR CRAFT, 1988 Artist's conception of an unmanned sample collection vehicle leaving the region of the volcanic domes Gruithuisen Delta (foreground) and Gruithuisen Gamma (center), in the moon's Sea of Rains, to begin a return trip to Earth. Painting for NASA by Mark Dowman of Eagle Engineering, 1988. / Bridgeman Images