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Genesis Rock
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<p>The Genesis Rock (sample 15415) is a sample of <a href="/facts/Moon_rock/DMJbMMG1">Moon rock</a> retrieved by <a href="/facts/Apollo_15/8h2QMY4z">Apollo 15</a> <a href="/facts/Astronaut/HB1bd6Lz">astronauts</a> <a href="/facts/James_Irwin/0jv7bFWV">James Irwin</a> and <a href="/facts/David_Scott/PKu1nUlj">David Scott</a> in 1971 during the second lunar <a href="/facts/Extravehicular_activity/udj91j1E">EVA</a>, at <a href="/facts/Spur_(lunar_crater)/rfuU4zxp">Spur crater</a> on Earth's Moon. With a mass of c. 270 grams (4,200 grains), it is currently stored at the <a href="/facts/Lunar_Sample_Laboratory_Facility/v7ekCurl">Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility</a> in <a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston, Texas</a>. </p>