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During these two moonwalks, Shepard and Mitchell managed to gather around 94 pounds of stone and residue for analysis back on Earth. It was a job well done, and it helped to cement their reputations as American icons. But Shepard did something up there which makes him stand out even further – and his bosses didn’t necessarily like it. Photo Credit: NASA/Wikipedia Commons

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