Critical science support for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will help pave the way for further human and robotic exploration of the Moon. U.S.

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Flagstaff, Ariz. • Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...

About 50 miles east of Flagstaff, Ariz., in the middle of a vast, flat, scrubby plain, there's an enormous rocky bowl in the ground — more than two and a half miles around and more than 500 feet deep.

But Astrogeology’s role in planetary mapping was only just getting started. The Astrogeology branch quietly celebrated 50 years in town over the summer. And although most locals likely know about the ...

The USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona recently released a series of geologic Martian maps that could all be impactful to future missions to the Red Planet. Does size matter? In ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be equipped with some of the most precise maps of Mars ever created, courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Not only are the ...