Recently released documents reveal how Ireland struggled to find homes for two moon rock displays gifted by the U.S. New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

A memo discussing the original Moon rock notes: “This piece was given on September 4 1973, on the advice of the Department of Education, to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies for display ...

A priceless piece of lunar rock given to Ireland following a Nasa mission was lost in a fire at Dunsink Observatory, newly released records show. A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland ...