As for Ireland's piece of the Apollo 17 goodwill moon rock, it was initially placed on display in the drawing room of Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence and principal workplace of the ...

“As the Moon rock was given direct to the President, it was put on display in the drawing room of Aras an Uachtarain,” one document noted. Later, the Moon rock was loaned to Aer Lingus at the ...

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples ...

Documents released from Ireland's National Archive have revealed that a priceless piece of moon rock donated by NASA spent years in a government basement before being lost in a fire at the Dunsink ...

Princess Mae, Bretman Rock’s sister, just gave birth to a baby girl! On Instagram, Princess shared photos of her newborn baby named Aulelei. “You’re just perfect, my baby girl,” Princess said in the ...

Princess Mae, the sister of makeup and fashion content creator Bretman Rock, has welcomed a baby girl. On Instagram, Princess shared heartwarming photos of her newborn daughter, Aulelei, and captioned ...

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A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a Nasa mission was destroyed in a fire, newly- released records show. Documents from the National Archives in Dublin detail the ...

The Princess of Wales started the new year reflecting on the past as she made her first public outing of the year. Kate, 43, chose to make a poignant return to The Royal Marsden on Tuesday ...

On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did not hit the natural satellite due to a failure in the launch vehicle ...