He pleaded guilty in 2002 to stealing moon rocks and was sentenced to eight years in prison. He also admitted to stealing ...

NASA intern Thad Roberts concocted a plan to steal moon rocks, and he was successful. Was it a romantic gesture, or was he ...

Roberts' crime is explored in the 2011 book " Sex on the Moon ," by Ben Mezrich, and has been the subject of much discussion.

US News: 48-year-old Thad Roberts is still being remembered for his daring and one-of-a-kind heist as he stole lunar samples ...

More than 23 years ago, NASA intern Thad Roberts hatched a daring plan to steal 17 pounds of moon rocks and a meteorite from Houston’s Johnson Space Center — priceless samples from every Apollo ...

A NASA intern is accused of stealing $21 million worth of moon rocks in an unusual plot to have s*x on the moon, sparking shock and headlines worldwide ...

Over 23 years ago, NASA intern Thad Roberts, his girlfriend and another friend stole 17 pounds of moon rocks and a meteorite ...

NASA intern Thad Roberts stole millions of dollars worth of lunar rocks before 'having sex on the moon' with his accomplice, Tiffany Fowler.

Before his conviction, Thad Roberts’s ambition was to be the first person to walk on Mars. Courtesy photo. From 1999-2003, Thad Roberts worked as a co-op at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

In 2002, Thad Roberts was a 25-year-old intern at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Like so many young lovers, he had promised his girlfriend the moon.

Thad Roberts' 2002 theft of NASA moon rocks seems to have all the makings of a best-selling novel or summer blockbuster: a daring heist from a government lab, romance and a young man on the run.