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from the mission totaling about 50 mg. The Apollo 11 lunar sample display has an acrylic plastic button containing the Moon dust mounted with the recipient's country or state flag that had been to the Moon and back. All 135 countries received the display, as did the 50 states of the United
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Leary, Richard; Hunter, Joan; Whitbeck, Gary (March 1970).
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