Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist Pictures - Explorer

Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist

Enclosed Lunar Samples
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Thad (George Cisneros) in the actual Lunar Samples lab at Johnson Space Center eyes the potential prize of priceless, pristine Moon rocks 3.
Lunar Lab
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Thad (George Cisneros) in the actual Lunar Samples lab at Johnson Space Center eyes the potential prize of priceless, pristine Moon rocks 3.
Cracking a Safe
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Thad (George Cisneros) cracks Dr. Gibson's safe.
Moon Rock Gang
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The Moon Rocks gang (Shae, Thad & Tiffany) inspect the loot they've just heisted from NASA.
Struggling Escape Plan
Photo by Icon Films
Thad (George Cisneros) and Tiffany (Jaclyn Schlembach) struggle get-away with the 640 lb. safe.
Under the Underbelly
Photo by Icon Films
NASA OIG Special Agent Patty Searle inspects the belly of the shuttle 4.
Retiring Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Endeavour preparing for retirement at the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Federal Protection
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A NASA OIG badge and gun.
Heist Stopper
Photo by Icon Films
Belgian mineral collector and erstwhile sleuth Axel Emmerman took on the Moon rock heisters...and won.
Breaking the Case
Photo by Icon Films
Members of the joint FBI and OIG teams who broke the Moon Rocks case.
Special Training
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NASA OIG agents are federal law enforcement officers who receive similar training as their FBI and DEA counterparts.
NASA Protection
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OIG Special Agents protect the interests of NASA. Pictured here: Special Agents Patty Searle and Wade Krieger.
Space Age Legend
Photo by Icon Films
NASA Legend Dr. Everett Gibson—his lunar samples and Martian meteorites were eventually recovered but his life's work, the Apollo notebooks, remain lost.

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