Meteorite News 25MAR09

Meteorite returns to Arizona
UPI Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:03 PM PDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., March 24 (UPI) -- A meteorite that was stolen from an Arizona museum decades ago has been returned to the Meteor Crater east of Flagstaff, Ariz., officials said.

Students receive NASA training
The Southside Reporter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:48 PM PDT
Teachers and staff members at Neil Armstrong Elementary School took part in a live video conference with NASA officials at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to become authorized borrowers of lunar and meteorite samples.

A man purchased the basket-shaped rock at a yard sale three years ago for $10.
ABC 15 Phoenix Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:31 PM PDT
It was stolen in 1968, now it is back where it belongs. A Wisconsin resident has returned the "Basket" meteorite to Arizona. The rock began as part of the Canyon Diablo Meteor, which flew 40,000 miles-an-hour.

WI Man Returns Meteorite to Arizona
WEAU Eau Claire Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:56 PM PDT
A meteorite that crashed into Arizona 50,000 years ago has been missing for 40 years, until now.

Wisconsin man returns meteorite to Arizona
WSAW Wausau Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:07 AM PDT
A meteorite that crashed into Arizona 50,000 years ago has been missing for 40 years -- until now. A retired General Motors worker from Wisconsin is the reason the 49-pound meteorite has been returned to Meteor Crater in Flagstaff.

Meteorite returns home to Ariz.
FOX 11 Tucson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00 AM PDT
PHOENIX (AP) -- A meteorite that crashed into Arizona 50,000 years ago, but has been missing for 40 years, is back home. The "Basket" meteorite was stolen from Meteor Crater east of Flagstaff in August 1968.
Long-lost meteorite comes home to Ariz.
The Arizona Republic Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:05 AM PDT
In August 1968, an odd-shaped meteorite was stolen from Arizona's Meteor Crater. On Monday, the meteorite found its way home.

Man Returns Meteorite He Got For $10 At Yard Sale
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:40 AM PDT
A meteorite that crashed into Arizona 50,000 years ago, but has been missing for 40 years, is back home.

Gift to Chicago's Field Museum establishes world's largest non-government meteorite collection
EurekAlert! Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:17 AM PDT( Field Museum )
The Field Museum in Chicago has become home to the world's largest collection of meteorites held outside a government agency, the result of a gift of funding and meteorites worth more than $10 million.

Meteorite lands back home
Arizona Daily Sun Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:38 AM PDTFor the last few years Tom Lynch has been using a 50-pound rock as a counter weight for his grandson's basketball hoop.