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There were 6 successful moon landings and each one returned a number of samples. In all the missions returned 841.4 pounds of moon rock and regolith.

Apollo 11 - 47.51 lbs

Apollo 12 - 75.73 lbs

Apollo 14 - 93.21 lbs

Apollo 15 - 170.44 lbs

Apollo 16 - 211.00 lbs

Apollo 17 - 243.65 lbs

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