What kind of samples were brought back on the Apollo 11(eleven) mission?
“Apollo 11 carried the first geologic samples from the Moon back to Earth. In all, astronauts collected 22 kilograms of material, including 50 rocks, samples of the fine-grained lunar “soil,” and two core tubes that included material from up to 13 centimeters below the Moon’s surface. These samples contain no water and provide no evidence for living organisms at any time in the Moon’s history. Two main types of rocks, basalts and breccias, were found at the Apollo 11 landing site. In addition to their sample collection activities, the Apollo 11 crew performed several experiments on the lunar surface. The results of some of these experiments were either radioed to Earth by the crew or returned to Earth for laboratory analysis. The Soil Mechanics Investigation studied the properties of the lunar soil The Solar Wind Composition Experiment collected samples of the solar wind for analysis on Earth. Other experiments were deployed by the crew and then monitored from Earth by radio telemetry
