Recreating moon craters in Arizona

07-17-2019


Recreating moon craters in Arizona Today’s Video of the Day from the USGS describes how a training ground was developed for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to prepare for landing on the moon.

The astronauts needed a place on Earth which matched the cratered surface of the moon. Experts set out to transform a region of ancient lava fields in northern Arizona. 

Beginning in 1967, the USGS used hundreds of pounds of dynamite to blast holes across the fields that would resemble craters.

By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer

Image Credit: USGS

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