The Science Museum of Camerino University presents a real moon rock into the galleries of its permanent exhibition, partly renovated, on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2016 (special opening, 10.00 am to 7 pm).

The rock, collected on the moon by Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell during the Apollo 14 mission (February 1971), will be closely observed and photographed by the public.

Luigi Pizzimenti, curator of the Flight Museum of Volandia, obtained the moon rock fragment, one of the biggest ever offered by NASA for public exhibitions, directly from the NASA Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility of Huston.

Pizzimenti, historian and author of the book “Apollo Project, the biggest men’s dream”, will take several lectures for schools from 9.00 am up to 1.00 pm on April 2nd and 4th. On April 3rd, instead, public conference at 4.00 pm.

We’ll wait for you at the Science Museum of Camerino University for another breathless experience!