Lunar and Meteorite Sample Education Disk Program — Space Rocks for Classrooms, Museums, Science Centers, and Libraries. J. Allen', M. Luckey, B. McInturff', P. Huynh', K. Tobola', L. Loftin', 'Jacobs Technology, ESCG, P.O. Box 58447, Houston, TX 77258, Jaclyn.allen-1(anasa.gov, 2NASA JSC Astroinaterials Research and Exploration Science, Office of the Curator, NASA/JSC, Mail Code KT, Houston, TX 770.58. Introduction: NASA is eager for students The Office of the Curator at Johnson and the public to experience lunar Apollo Space Center is in the process of reorganizing samples and meteorites first hand. Lunar and renewing the Lunar and Meteorite Sam- rocks and soil, embedded in Lucite disks, are ple Education Disk Program to increase available for educators to use in their class- reach, security and accountability. The new rooms, museums, science centers, and public program expands the reach of these exciting libraries for education activities and display. extraterrestrial rocks through increased access The sample education disks are valuable tools to training and educator borrowing. One of for engaging students in the exploration of the the expanded opportunities is that trained cer- Solar System. tified educators from science centers, mu- seums, and libraries may now borrow the _ T extraterrestrial rock samples. Previously the loan program was only open to classroom educators so the expansion will increase the public access to the samples and allow educa- tors to make the critical connections to the exciting exploration missions taking place in our solar system. ^ + 4 Each Lunar Disk contains three lunar rocks and three regolith soils embedded in Lucite. 4 The anorthosite sample is a part of the magma ocean formed on the surface of Moon in the early melting period, the basalt is part of the extensive lunar mare lava flows, and the breccias sample is an important example of the violent impact history of the Moon. The disks also include two regolith soils and Scientific research conducted on the orange glass from a pyroclastic deposit. Each Apollo rocks reveals the early history of our Meteorite Disk contains two ordinary chon- Earth-Moon system and meteorites reveal drites, one carbonaceous chondrite, one iron, much of the history of the early solar system. one stony iron, and one achondrite. These The rocks help educators make the connec- samples will help educators share the early tions to this ancient history of our planet and history of the solar system with students and solar system and the basic processes — accre- the public. tion, differentiation, impact and volcanism. Educators may borrow either lunar or With these samples, educators in museums, meteorite disks and the accompanying educa- science centers, libraries, and classrooms can tion materials through the Johnson Space help students and the public understand the Center Curatorial Office. In trainings pro- key questions pursued by many NASA plane- vided by the NASA Aerospace Education tary missions. Services Program specialists, educators certi- fled to borrow the disk learn about education CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, resources, the proper use of the samples, and NY, PA, RI, VT the special security for care and shipping of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the disks. Greenbelt, MD The Lunar and Meteorite Sample Educa- Marie Dowling - 301-286-4495 tion Disk Program will take NASA explora- [email protected] tion to more people. Getting Space Rocks out to the public and inspiring the public about FL, GA, PR, VI new space exploration is the focus of the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy NASA disk loan program. Space Center, FL Barbara Wentworth - 321-867-3957 Request samples from: [email protected] By e-mail: Jsc-curation-education-disks KY, NC, SC, VA, WV @mail.nasa.gov NASA Langley Research Center, Hamp- ton, VA Or by US mail: Gwen Wheatle - 757-864-3302 Mary K Luckey Gwendolyn.H. [email protected] NASAUSC --Mail Code KT, Houston, TX 77058 IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI NASA Glenn Research Center Cleve- Find Certification Training land, OH Contact the NASA Aerospace Edu- Kara Kauffman - 814-865-9288 cation Services Program (AESP) kdn3 @p su. edu scheduler for information about fu- ture certification trainings in your CO, KS, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX region. NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, UT, Lisa Roberts - 281-483-8619 WA, WY lisa.roberts-1 @nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA and Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasa- dena, CA NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA Karin Costa - 650-604-4299 karin. a. [email protected] AL, AR, IA, LA, MS, MO, TN NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL and Stennis Space Center, MS Katie Hayden - 259-961-1342 [email protected]