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Episodes Tagged with "Spur Crater"

Posted on August 26, 2020

Suddenly, Scott called out that the Rover was beginning to slide down the hill.  As the back wheels came off the ground, Scott quickly got back on to hold the rover down. Dave on RoverLM in the DistanceBoulder at Station 6A

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Posted on September 9, 2020

Both men realized what they had discovered. The rock was almost entirely plagioclase. This was surely a chunk of anorthosite, a piece of the primordial crust, the Genesis Rock. Genesis RockGlass Found at Spur CraterIrwin Digging a Trench

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Posted on September 23, 2020

“We pray for one last landing On the globe that gave us birth; Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies And the cool, green hills of Earth.” Robert A. Heinlein Hadley RilleHammer & FeatherAstronaut Memorial

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