China’s space agency has decided to let US scientists analyze moon rocks from its recent lunar missions, marking a notable step in international space collaboration despite ongoing political tensions between the two nations. Two American universities funded by NASA – Brown University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook – are among seven institutions worldwide that will receive lunar samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission in 2020. The remaining five institutions are from Japan, France, Germany, Britain, and Pakistan. China became only the third country to retrieve moon rocks when its Chang’e-5 mission successfully brought back samples … Continue reading China Moon Rocks Shared: US Labs Among 7 Global Partners Analyzing Rare Samples