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What did astronauts find on the Moon?
For thousands of years, people had no idea what the Moon was made of. This mystery was only solved when astronauts brought back many samples of lunar rock and dusty soil. The samples showed that the Moon's surface contains a volcanic rock similar to basalt.
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The first mission to land on the Moon
 
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