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Moon Rock Exhibit

Broward County Main Library is privileged to display an actual piece of the moon. The lunar sample was placed with the library in 2007 by Susan Eisele-Black, widow of Apollo 7 astronaut Donn F. Eisele. This specimen of lunar rock is from the Apollo 15 mission and was posthumously awarded to Colonel Eisele via the NASA Ambassador of Exploration Award Program, given to America’s first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs.

The Apollo 7 spacecraft crew consisted of Commander Wally Schirra, Command Module Pilot Donn Eisele, and Walt Cunningham as Lunar Module Pilot. NASA’s first successful three-person space mission flew in Earth orbit from October 11 to October 22, 1968. This was the first mission after the devastating Apollo 1 fire the prior year that had killed the crew. Apollo 7 put America back in space and on course for a successful lunar landing on the Apollo 11 mission less than a year later. 


“The world looked so beautiful from that lofty perch—I wondered why we must have wars and poverty and pollution. I realized that the abundant earth will sustain us forever with air to breathe, water to drink, and all the other good things we need—if we take care of it. Mankind needs the earth but the earth does not need mankind. Our survival is all up to us.”

 —Apollo Pilot - The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele, 74

A 20-minute film of the Apollo 7 mission runs continuously at the library exhibit. Photos of the Apollo 7 mission, space-related keepsakes, and life-size replicas of astronauts are also on display. NASA TV is broadcast live at the exhibit. 


The moon rock exhibit is secured and coordinated by the Broward Public Library Foundation. 


Donn Eisele passed away on December 2, 1987.

Susan Eisele-Black passed away on September 9, 2014.

To learn more about the Moon Rock Exhibit, visit the Broward County Library's dedicated webpage.

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