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Which mission brought back more moon rock and soil samples than the other mission?
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A-17 spent the most time on the surface, traveled the farthest, and collected the greatest amount of samples.
Apollo 11: 22kg
Apollo 12: 34kg
Apollo 14: 43kg
Apollo 15: 77kg
Apollo 16: 95kg
Apollo 17: 111kg
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What Apollo mission brought back the most rocks?
Sample return wights increased with each mission as each mission spent longer than the previous mission on the lunar surface. As such, Apollo 17, as the last mission, has the highest sample return weight. A17 brought back 111 kilograms (240 lb) of samples after spending 3 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds on the lunar surface.
In 1969 what was brought back from the moon?
Moon Rocks. and samples from the moon
What did they collect on the moon?
A lot of rocks and soil samples. They also drilled tubes into the moon and brought back core samples below the lunar surface. They also brought back a sample of the solar wind on a sheet of aluminum foil that they put out during their moonwalks.
What did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bring back from the moon?
They brought back samples of moon sand and moon rocks.
What Apollo mission brought back the moon rock?
The following Apollo mission each brought moon rocks back to earth, they were Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
How did Jefferson find out what was in the Louisiana territory?
He sent exploration into the area and they brought back home samples and notes.
Which probe has brought back stuff to earth?
no probe has been able to actually bring back things to earth they are able to transmit data back to earth but not samples of rock and such, if your thinking of moon rocks then they were brought back in the Apollo missions in the 1960s
Did neil Armstrong bring anything back from the moon?
They brought back samples of rock, dust and other moon objects. moon rocks
Rock samples brought back from the moon during the polar space program where older than rocks found on earth?
true
What did man do on the moon in 1969?
It was a quick visit to the moon, samples of moon rocks were collected, photographs were taken, and brought back to Earth.
Why is Apollo 11 significant?
As it was the first mission ,that successfully landed a man on the moon and brought him back safely to earth.
What did scientists learn when Apollo brought back lunar samples?
Among other things, the origin of the moon. They discovered it had almost certainly been created during a massive impact event on the Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.
