Documents released from Ireland's National Archive have revealed that a priceless piece of moon rock donated by NASA spent years in a government basement before being lost in a fire at the Dunsink ...
A memo discussing the original Moon rock notes: “This piece was given on September 4 1973, on the advice of the Department of Education, to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies for display ...
A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a Nasa mission was destroyed in a fire, newly released records show (Niall Carson/PA) A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland ...
Recently released documents reveal how Ireland struggled to find homes for two moon rock displays gifted by the U.S. New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to ...
A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.
The NASA moon rock the US gifted Ireland from the Apollo 11 mission was burned in a fire, according to Ireland’s National Archives documents. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The NASA ...
"This piece of moon rock had lain in the basement of this department for three-and-a-half years due to indecision as to where it might best be displayed." Originally presented to Ireland's then ...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland J.G. Moore gave the moon rock to then-President Éamon de Valera in 1970, but records showed that debate over where the rock would be displayed led to years of ...