50th Anniversary of the World's First Extraterrestrial Sample Receiving Laboratory: The Apollo Program's Lunar Receiving LaboratoryThe Apollo program's Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL), building 37 at NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC), now Johnson Space Center (JSC), in Houston, TX, was the world's first astronaut and extraterrestrial sample quarantine facility (Fig. 1). It was constructed by Warrior Construction Co. and Warrior-Natkin-National at a cost of $8.1M be-tween August 10, 1966 and June 26, 1967. In 1969, the LRL received and curated the first collection of extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth; the rock and soil samples of the Apollo 11 mission. This year, the JSC Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office (here-after JSC curation) celebrates 50 years since the opening of the LRL and its legacy of laying the foundation for modern curation of extraterrestrial samples.
Document ID
20170001757
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Calaway, M. J. (Jacobs Technologies Engineering Science Contract Group Houston, TX, United States)
Allton, J. H. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Zeigler, R. A. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
McCubbin, F. M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)