In 2002, a Nasa intern stole Moon rocks for love then his online deal became a trap

The Moon has been romanticised for centuries, but few people have ever tried to give someone a piece of it. In 2002, that idea became part of an extraordinary theft at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center, where an intern helped remove a safe containing Apollo lunar samples and other irreplaceable scientific material. The stolen collection included about 17 pounds of Moon rocks, material from a Martian meteorite and research notes belonging to Nasa scientist Everett Gibson. The plan soon moved beyond a bizarre romantic gesture. The lunar samples were offered for sale online, attracting the attention of a Belgian collector who contacted the FBI.Investigators posed as buyers and arranged a meeting in Orlando on July 20, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. By then, they were already closing