Moon Rocks

Four years ago I visited Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Original Mission Control

The cool people at NASA (and my mate Destin from Smarter Every Day) arranged the visit and we went to my equivalent of a Holy Place — the vault in which the Apollo moon rocks are stored.

Among the collection was a cabinet full of the Apollo 11 rocks from Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s famous first moonwalk.

Apollo 11 rock collection

We also saw The Genesis Rock - a famous sample collected during Apollo 15.

Genesis Rock on the Moon

Checking out the Genesis Rock

It has taken a while, but the video from that visit is finally published on Objectivity.

Destin did his own video too, of course.

And Joe Hanson from It’s Okay To Be Smart also visited and released his video in conjunction with ours.

For an Apollo fan like me this was an amazing experience.

My thanks to Destin, the lab staff at NASA, and our friend Gordon who also helped make this possible.

With Destin in Houston

Click here for more space-related videos on Objectivity.

Including this one with Public Service Broadcasting.

Cheeky pic of Moonwatch in Moon Rock room!