FINDINGS
The lunar surface geology experiment was designed to obtain data to use in interpreting geological history of Fra Mauro, the Apollo 14 landing site. Activities for the Shepard and Mitchell included to set up the Apollo Lunar Scientific Experiment Package (ALSEP) and lunar geology investigations, to collect surface samples, and to set up other scientific instruments that were not part of ALSEP such as the Lunar Dust Detector(LDD).These instruments left on the Moon sent the scientific data back to the Earth for monitoring long-term physical and environmental properties of the Moon. The data was used to expand the knowledge on the origin of the Earth and the Moon.
Lunar Sample Overview
The Apollo 14 landing site was in the Fra Mauro formation, which is material ejected by the impact that produced the Imbrium Basin. As one would expect in a region formed by impact-basin debris, most of the 42 kilograms of rocks and soil collected on Apollo 14 are breccias (rocks that are composed of fragments of other, older rocks).
The countless impacts that have sculpted the Moon's surface broke many rocks down into small fragments. The heat and pressure of such impacts can sometimes fuse these fragments into new rocks, called breccias. In some cases, the rock fragments that form a breccia are themselves breccias. Such rocks obviously have experienced complex histories with multiple generations of impact events. Some breccias were heated enough that some of the material in the rock was melted. Deciphering the histories of these rocks is a great challenge and an important discovery for us as humans.
The countless impacts that have sculpted the Moon's surface broke many rocks down into small fragments. The heat and pressure of such impacts can sometimes fuse these fragments into new rocks, called breccias. In some cases, the rock fragments that form a breccia are themselves breccias. Such rocks obviously have experienced complex histories with multiple generations of impact events. Some breccias were heated enough that some of the material in the rock was melted. Deciphering the histories of these rocks is a great challenge and an important discovery for us as humans.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion the Apollo 14 was an important explorer expedition for the history of America and the wold.It was a great experience for the three astronauts who lived the expedition, but also was a great source of data which was provided to NASA, with which scientists now and we as humanity know more about the moon, its creation, its formation and its importance which has with the planet where we all live on today, the Earth.