fresh bytes
Subscribe Now

NASA accidentally auctioned off a piece of space history

primary_188.png

On February 15, 2015, an Illinois woman named Nancy Carlson scored the deal of a lifetime: the bag that once contained the first-ever sample collected from the Moon was sold to her for the bargain price of $995. Now NASA is saying the transaction was a mistake, and the two parties are caught up in a legal battle surrounding the precious artifact, AP reports.
via Mental Floss

Continue reading 

Leave a Reply

featured blogs
Apr 2, 2026
Build, code, and explore with your own AI-powered Mars rover kit, inspired by NASA's Perseverance mission....

featured chalk talk

Nexperia GaN Power Proliferating in All Things Motor Control/Drive
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Nexperia
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Art Gonsky from Nexperia and Amelia Dalton discuss the biggest challenges of electric motors and controllers and how GaN power solutions can help solve these issues. They  also investigate how silicon, silicon carbide and GaN power solutions compare and how Nexperia and NXP technologies can get your next motor control design up and running in no time!     
Mar 25, 2026
17,098 views