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Maine's largest airport has a new "destination" to offer its travelers: the moon.The Portland International Jetport is now home to the second-largest piece of the moon on Earth. The piece is part of a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/general/museums-exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new exhibit</a> titled "Fly Me to the Moon," which opened to the public on March 26.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/some-schools-cancel-classes-april-8-solar-eclipse-ensure-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, SOME US SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DAY</a>The piece of the moon is on loan from the Maine Mineral &amp; Gem Museum (MMGM).It's joined by a piece of Mars, representing "samples of the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance yet discovered." The meteorite is "celebrated for its striking resemblance to Edvard Munch's ‘The Scream,’" said a joint release from the jetport and MMGM. "We are thrilled to have ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ at the Jetport," said Paul Bradbury, director of the airport. "We love celebrating unique aspects of Maine, and the MMGM is certainly among them." Darryl Pitt, a music executive from New York City who sourced all the meteorites, said he "loved" the Portland International Jetport, and thought it was an excellent location to "provide a peek at MMGM's treasures." <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/solar-eclipse-2024-where-how-view-rare-orbit-hitting-us">SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024: WHERE AND HOW TO VIEW THE RARE ORBIT HITTING THE US</a>Pitt told Fox News Digital that the new exhibit is the "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/solar-eclipse-safety-drivers-should-not-do-road-rare-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coolest eclipse</a> add-on" for anyone who is traveling to the state ahead of the April 8 eclipse. Maine is one of the states that will experience "totality" during the upcoming eclipse. "And by the way, the largest piece of the moon on our planet is also in Maine!" said Pitt."The Maine Mineral &amp; Gem Museum in Bethel has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/air-and-space/moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more of the moon</a> than all of the natural history museums in the world, combined," he said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ancient-shipwrecks-artifacts-dating-early-3000-bc-uncovered-underwater-researchers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ANCIENT SHIPWRECKS, ARTIFACTS DATING AS EARLY AS 3000 BC UNCOVERED BY UNDERWATER RESEARCHERS</a>Bethel is located in western Maine, about 70 miles northwest of Portland. "Maine is not just about lobsters anymore … It’s where the moon lives," said Pitt. The centerpiece of the new exhibit is a meteorite dubbed "The Scream." This meteorite "says ‘hello!’ and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lures travelers</a> to come closer and check out one of the more fascinating exhibits you will see in any airport in the world," he said. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</a>Pieces of the moon and Mars are quite rare, Pitt told Fox News Digital. Only about 3,000 pounds of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/inside-moon-mysteries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the moon</a> is known to exist on Earth, which includes samples brought back during the Apollo missions."All of it would fit in the back of a large SUV," said Pitt.  "And there are only a half ton of samples of the planet Mars <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Earth.</a>""Fly Me to the Moon" will be on display for the next five years. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle">For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle</a>.

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title: Maine airport offers its visitors a rare chance to 'visit' the moon
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content: 'Maine''s largest airport has a new "destination" to offer its travelers:
 the moon.The Portland International Jetport is now home to the second-largest
 piece of the moon on Earth. The piece is part of a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/general/museums-exhibits"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">new exhibit</a> titled "Fly Me to the Moon," which
 opened to the public on March 26.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/some-schools-cancel-classes-april-8-solar-eclipse-ensure-safety"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, SOME US SCHOOLS
 WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DAY</a>The piece of the moon is on loan from
 the Maine Mineral &amp; Gem Museum (MMGM).It''s joined by a piece of Mars,
 representing "samples of the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance yet discovered."
 The meteorite is "celebrated for its striking resemblance to Edvard Munch''s ‘The
 Scream,’" said a joint release from the jetport and MMGM. "We are thrilled
 to have ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ at the Jetport," said Paul Bradbury, director of the
 airport. "We love celebrating unique aspects of Maine, and the MMGM is certainly
 among them." Darryl Pitt, a music executive from New York City who sourced
 all the meteorites, said he "loved" the Portland International Jetport, and thought
 it was an excellent location to "provide a peek at MMGM''s treasures." <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/solar-eclipse-2024-where-how-view-rare-orbit-hitting-us">SOLAR
 ECLIPSE 2024: WHERE AND HOW TO VIEW THE RARE ORBIT HITTING THE US</a>Pitt
 told Fox News Digital that the new exhibit is the "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/solar-eclipse-safety-drivers-should-not-do-road-rare-event"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">coolest eclipse</a> add-on" for anyone who is traveling
 to the state ahead of the April 8 eclipse. Maine is one of the states that
 will experience "totality" during the upcoming eclipse. "And by the way,
 the largest piece of the moon on our planet is also in Maine!" said Pitt."The
 Maine Mineral &amp; Gem Museum in Bethel has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/air-and-space/moon"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">more of the moon</a> than all of the natural history museums
 in the world, combined," he said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ancient-shipwrecks-artifacts-dating-early-3000-bc-uncovered-underwater-researchers"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">ANCIENT SHIPWRECKS, ARTIFACTS DATING AS EARLY
 AS 3000 BC UNCOVERED BY UNDERWATER RESEARCHERS</a>Bethel is located
 in western Maine, about 70 miles northwest of Portland. "Maine is not just
 about lobsters anymore … It’s where the moon lives," said Pitt. The centerpiece
 of the new exhibit is a meteorite dubbed "The Scream." This meteorite "says
 ‘hello!’ and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lures
 travelers</a> to come closer and check out one of the more fascinating exhibits
 you will see in any airport in the world," he said. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl">CLICK
 HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER</a>Pieces of the moon
 and Mars are quite rare, Pitt told Fox News Digital. Only about 3,000 pounds
 of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/inside-moon-mysteries" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">the moon</a> is known to exist on Earth, which includes samples brought
 back during the Apollo missions."All of it would fit in the back of a large
 SUV," said Pitt.  "And there are only a half ton of samples of the planet Mars <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on
 Earth.</a>""Fly Me to the Moon" will be on display for the next five years. <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle">For more Lifestyle articles,
 visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle</a>.'
summary: Travelers to Portland International Jetport, Maine&apos;s largest airport,
 can now take a trip to &quot;visit&quot; the moon thanks to a new exhibit called
 &quot;Fly Me to the Moon.&quot;
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