there are often other questions about that rock in outer space, including why the moon looks orange. Sometimes, it appears as more of a yellow or even white color too. When it comes down to it ...
Back in 2002, interns Thad Roberts and Tiffany Fowler worked in the building where NASA stores most of the moon rocks it has. They took a 600-pound safe containing about 100 grams of moon samples ...
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized.