Forskningsnytt & I media - Side 9

The successful Apollo programme, including six manned landing missions, provided revolutionary new insights into the processes that led to the formation and early evolution of the Moon, Earth and other terrestrial planets. The Mineralogical-Geological Museum at the University of Oslo (now part of NHM) contributed to the Apollo program by training Harrison Schmitt, the only Apollo astronaut with a geological education, in 1957-1958.

On May 29, 2006, hot mud and gas began spurting from a rice field near a gas exploration well in East Java. More than a decade later, the Lusi mud flow continues on the Indonesian island.

Den 20. juli 1969 landet Eagle-fartøyet fra Apollo-11 i 'Stillhetens hav' på Månen. Steinprøvene de tok med tilbake til Jorda gav helt ny kunnskap om dannelsen av Jorda, Månen og mye mer.