• 4:00-5:00 pm Discovery Station
• 5:15-6:45 pm Lecture and Q&A
• 6:30-8:30 pm Observatory Open

In the late 1960s, Apollo astronauts collected rocks from the Moon and brought them back to Earth.  Scientists studied these rocks, curators put them on display in museums around the world, and President Nixon gave them as gifts to foreign heads of state.  They inspired satire, praise, and a slew of political cartoons. Explore the wide-ranging roles that these rocks played, while examining how the country and the world experienced and understood the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Smithsonian's Stars Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from NASA.