Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54463
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-20-2025 12:22 PM
   
On April 12, 2025, Japan hosted the opening ceremonies for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The theme for the Expo is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives."There are a number of space-related exhibits as part of the event, including a Mars meteorite collected by Japan's Antarctic observation team and a bench made of a discarded rocket tank.  
The China Pavilion has on display lunar soil samples retrieved by the country's Chang'e missions from both the near and far sides of the moon.  The U.S. Pavilion also has a section dedicated to the past, present and future of space exploration, where guests can see an Apollo moon rock (an Apollo 12 sample exhibited at the 1970 World Expo in Japan drew large crowds), a large model of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and take a virtual tour through the solar system (including a stop at the International Space Station, where the crew recorded a message for visitors).  
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