Keywords: MoonRockSmithsonianInstitution.JPG A slice of moon rock available at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution for visitors to touch Taken back to Earth by Apollo 17 This lunar sample was cut from a rock collected on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 Found near the landing site in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow it is an iron-rich fine-textured volcanic rock called basalt It is nearly 4 billion years old taken by uploader en User Vidor 2007-08-26 2008-03-22 transfer to Commons date Vidor wikipedia en who said it was self taken based on license selected Vidor original upload log en wikipedia Lar page en wikipedia MoonRockSmithsonianInstitution JPG 2007-08-26 20 07 Vidor 3072×2304×8 2431079 bytes <nowiki>A slice of moon rock available at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution for visitors to touch Taken back to Earth by Apollo 17 no rights reserved </nowiki> Collections of the National Air and Space Museum Apollo missions Lunar samples |