Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Core Tube Cap



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The Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Core Tube Cap



Driven across the surface of the Moon aboard the Lunar Rover



One of the rarest and most significant lunar artifacts on Earth!



We are pleased to offer one of the rarest of all possible lunar artifacts ;
namely, an object that was driven on the Moon aboard the lunar rover.

While any item that landed on the Moon is of the highest rarity, the most
desirable artifacts are those carried outside on the lunar surface itself.

The accompanying Apollo 16 "  Core Tube Cap  " is one such treasure!

This Core Tube Cap was part of the Apollo 16 "Core Tube Kit", and was
designed to seal the Core Tube to protect the soil sample housed within.

This remarkable object literally represents one of only a handful of items
now residing on Earth ever driven across the Moon aboard a lunar rover.


Provenance

The Charles M. Duke, Jr. Space Collection