This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and there's another way its legacy lives on. There are lunar samples the Apollo missions brought home that still haven't been studied. Now, NASA has decided to study these samples in full detail.These three lunar samples, from Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17, will have nine teams of scientists focused on them. Six of these groups will be focused on just one of the samples: 800 grams (1.8 pounds) of material vacuum-sealed on the moon by Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan in 1972. The last two people to walk on the moon's surface, Schmitt and Cernan, both enjoyed an extended time period on the surface, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) helped them cover a remarkable amount of ground while off-planet, traveling 22.92 miles (36.9km). They were able to haul back approximately 110.5 kg (243.6lbs.) of samples, which would become one-third of the total samples brought back to Earth by Apollo missions. The sample from Apollo 17, known as CSVC 73001, is widely considered to have the least chance of accidental outside contamination. Taken from the fallout of an avalanche, it will provide a chance to study rare lunar volatility.While many of the Apollo samples were studied at the time, some were left untouched with the hopes that scientific research would advance to study them with greater detail. They have been residing at NASA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, since December 1972. According to NASA, the time to study them is now. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Returned samples are an investment in the future. These samples were deliberately saved so we can take advantage of today바카라 게임 웹사이트�s more advanced and sophisticated technology to answer questions we didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know we needed to ask,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Lori Glaze, acting director of NASA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Planetary Science Division in Washington, D.C., in a press statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�By studying these precious lunar samples for the first time, a new generation of scientists will help advance our understanding of our lunar neighbor and prepare for the next era of exploration of the moon and beyond, 바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This exploration will bring with it new and unique samples into the best labs right here on Earth.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Source: NASA