First Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Return Containers Arrive at Lunar Receiving Lab

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(Above) The first Apollo 11 lunar sample return container, containing lunar surface material, is unloaded at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, building 37, at NASA’s  Manned Spacecraft Center (Now Johnson Space Center). The box filled with priceless lunar material had arrived only minutes earlier at Ellington Air Force Base by air from the Apollo 11 Pacific recovery area.