Branch Chief Vance Oyama pouring lunar soil samples into a distribution system.

Operating the Lunar Soil Distribution System

Life Detection Systems Branch Chief Vance Oyama operates a specially designed soil distribution system, used for dispersing the lunar soil in equal amounts to thousands of petri dishes as part of the lunar biological experiments performed at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

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Operating the Lunar Soil Distribution System

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