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Members of the JSC Curation team analyzes wafer
fragments in Genesis cleanroom at Johnson Space Center

The Sun Under Lock and Key

Where do you think you would find the world’s most valuable collection? Most people might guess the Tower of London, the Louvre, the Smithsonian, or some other renowned location.

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The Long, Slow Cleanup

The Genesis mission brought important new evidence to scientists working to understand how the solar system formed, but it also brought an unprecedented challenge.

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Learning Activity:
What Are We Made of?
 

In addition to preserving the collectors in clean conditions, the curation staff keeps track of about 4000 samples. Genesis Findings Solve Apollo Lunar Soil Mystery    The international Genesis Science Team collaborates on mission science. An exciting hands-on activity designed to help students correlate elemental abundances with Genesis findings.
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