When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins came back
to Earth on July 24, 1969, they brought 22 kilograms of lunar
rocks home. President Nixon gave out many of those rocks as
gifts, including a little desktop display and plaque that went
to each state. Over the years, some of those rocks were lost,
and now, five of them have been found -- in a storage area
belonging to the Minnesota National Guard. Moon rocks from
mankind's first landing more than 43 years ago have been
discovered tucked away in a government storage area in St. Paul,
and officials are at a loss to explain how they ended up there.
The five encased rocks -- little more than pebbles -- are part
of a desktop display that includes a small state of Minnesota
flag that was among the 50 from every state that made the trip
aboard Apollo 11. Each state received a moon rock display from
President Richard Nixon to commemorate the mission that put Neil
Armstrong on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. "The Apollo 11
moon rocks were found amongst