Delaware lunar sample displays

The Delaware lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the state of Delaware by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.

At the request of Nixon, NASA had about 250 presentation plaques made following Apollo 11 in 1969.

Each included about four rice-sized particles of Moon dust from the mission totaling about 50 mg.[1][2] The Apollo 11 lunar sample display has an acrylic plastic button containing the Moon dust mounted with the recipient's country or state flag that had been to the Moon and back.

[3] In 1973 Nixon had the plaques sent to 135 countries, and to the United States with its territories, as a goodwill gesture.

[3] The Delaware Apollo 11 "goodwill Moon rocks" plaque display was stolen in 1976.