Skip to main content

University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA share moon rock history

For years before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, there were many arguments over the makeup of the lunar surface.

Scientists were pretty sure it wasnâ??t green cheese. But one UW-Madison researcher got to prove to naysayers the surface was created by volcanic activity.

Monday, July 20, is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission moon landing.