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Detailed reports on the Apollo 11 sample analyses were presented at the Lunar Science Conference

Detailed reports on the Apollo 11 sample analyses were presented at the Lunar Science Conference at MSC.

Principal investigators covered the fields of geology, mineralogy, petrology, radiogenic isotopes, inorganic and organic chemistry, solar wind and cosmic ray spallation products, magnetic and electrical properties, physical properties, impact metamorphism, and micropaleontology. The results added up to the greatest single advance in the understanding of a planetary-size body attained to date.