Moon Rocks for Central & East

Direct from the moon, the Air Force Junior ROTC students at both Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way East high schools got a special opportunity to view the lunar soil samples, commonly known as “moon rocks”this past week.

“This is exciting, because the rocks are really from outer space. It’s great to be able to hold something from the moon,”stated a Lincoln-Way Central junior from New Lenox.

The moon rocks were on loan from NASA and checked out to Lt. Colonel John O’Connor, Lincoln-Way Junior ROTC Commander. To be able to have the irreplaceable national treasurers on loan, NASA requires all personnel to have a special certification to handle and present the moon rocks. Col. O’Connor had obtained the certification so that he could request the moon rocks for observation while the ROTC students were studying the Space Exploration unit in their ROTC class.