Apollo 11 lunar sample display

The Apollo 11 lunar sample display is a commemorative podium style plaque display consisting of four dust particle specimens (dubbed "Moon rocks"), the recipient's flag and two small metal plates attached with descriptive messages.

[1] With the exception of Venezuela, whose actual flag was not flown to the Moon on Apollo 11, the wording on the plaque (with the appropriate name filled in) was:[1] "Presented to the people of _____ by Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America.

"The New York Times reported in 2012 that gifts of moon rocks were not well tracked or managed by NASA.

[3] Within the US, public gifts require legislation to be transferred, but other nations set their own laws.

[5][6][7] Joseph Gutheinz, a former NASA Office of Inspector General special agent and a professor[8] who teaches an online course at the University of Phoenix,[9] had his students try to locate the displays.