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Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a lunar drill part.

This photograph shows a separate part that makes up the lunar drill.

Photo of a section of the lunar drill.

This photograph shows an area of the lunar drill with various parts and functions.

Photo of a team member with the lunar drill.

This photograph shows a member of the lunar drill team with the lunar drill. He is holding a sample that was drilled from lunar material.

Photo of a Wardian case filled with orange trees and a elbowed funnel next to it.

A photo of a Wardian case with one of the tops removed. The orange trees were watered using the elbowed funnel through the small door on the side.

Photo of Carol Nickerson.

Carol Nickerson was the wife of Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr.

Photo of Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr.

Colonel John C. Nickerson was accused of leaking classified information after expressing anger when the missile and rocket program was transferred from the Army to the Air Force. He was tried by court martial, fined $1,500, and exiled to Panama for two years. A few years later on March 1, 1964, Nickerson and his wife, Carol, died in a car accident in New Mexico.