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Experiment Description Document - Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle Topographic Mapping Experiment Description Document - Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle Topographic Mapping

This document is part of the Functional Specifications for the Topographic Mapping Experiment to be carried out by the Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle. It includes a description of the experiment along with the accuracies required for meaningful results.

Astronaut Lecture of H. J. Moore Astronaut Lecture of H. J. Moore

The main idea behind this slide presentation is to develope a general philosophy on: 1) lunar impact cratering processes, 2) characteristics of impact craters and ejecta as a function of target material and, size, 3) the effects of layered targets on impact crater morphology, and 4) illustration of the above for lunar sites.

Technical Letter: Astrogeology 27, Apollo Applications Program Field Test 5 Technical Letter: Astrogeology 27, Apollo Applications Program Field Test 5

Apollo Applications Program Field Test 5 was held March 14-18, 1966, in the Hopi Buttes area, Arizona. The objectives of the test were to 1) evaluate techniques of field checking a moderately complex photogeologic map--techniques potentially useful for lunar geologic exploration; 2) test the feasibility of using a vehicle mounted magnetometer and applying the magnetometer results to real...

Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations Semiannual Report Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations Semiannual Report

The U. S. Geological Survey's Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations carried out during the second half of Fiscal Year 1965 concept studies for Apollo and for AES exploration, and shirt-sleeve field tests of geologic operations for Apollo exploration. Three Apollo field tests were carried out late in the spring using communications and television systems, a simple LEM mock-up, and other...

Technical Letter: NTS-79 Guidebook For Field Trips To The Nevada Test Site Technical Letter: NTS-79 Guidebook For Field Trips To The Nevada Test Site

In several respects the Nevada Test Site is located in an area that is especially interesting geologically. It lies along the projected trend of the Walker Lane and the Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone (Locke and others, 1940; Longwell, 1960), one of the major crustal features of the Basin-Range province. The shear zone itself, however, may not continue through the Test Site in a simple way...

A Geological Approach To The Meteorites A Geological Approach To The Meteorites

Incorporated into USGS OpenFile Report #1094, "The Geologic Classification of the Meteorites", these materials were written by Donald Elston and contain figures, photos, and charts to help astronauts (who were not trained geologists) be able to identify and articulately describe the geologic observations they made on the lunar surface.

Technical Letter: Astrogeology-8 Apollo Extension Systems Field Test I Technical Letter: Astrogeology-8 Apollo Extension Systems Field Test I

A field test held in the Hopi Buttes, Arizona, was planned to test geological, geophysical, and analytical operations and instruments that are of potential use in Apollo Extension Systems lunar surface missions. The test was conducted under "shirt-sleeve" conditions, but potentially useful methods of recording and compiling information during lunar exploration were employed. The test...

Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations Plan Of Research, And Work Plan And Operating Budget. Fiscal Years 1965-1966 Manned Lunar Exploration Investigations Plan Of Research, And Work Plan And Operating Budget. Fiscal Years 1965-1966

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, working with members of the scientific community, has determined that early manned lunar exploration will be oriented primarily to investigations in the geosciences. Exploration by man on the lunar surface will, therefore be geological, geophysical, geochemical, geochemical, and surveying in nature, and will be directed to the physical...

Geologic Log of Drill Hole: Project Cinder Lake Geologic Log of Drill Hole: Project Cinder Lake

Drill Core Log of Cinder Lake (in Yavapai county) Collected September 10-17, 1968.

Technical Letter: Astrogeology-3 Preliminary Scientific Mission Profiles For The First Seven Apollo Missions Technical Letter: Astrogeology-3 Preliminary Scientific Mission Profiles For The First Seven Apollo Missions

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to land two astronauts on the Moon as a part of the Apollo Space Program. The questions arise: What should the astronauts do on the surface and what information should they gather? This report proposes answers to these questions by describing a possible series of scientific activities, or mission profiles, to be performed by the...

Cinder Lake Conversation and Notes Cinder Lake Conversation and Notes

Cinder Lake symbology, unit descriptions, and ideas tested at Cinder Lakes and Verde Valley, northern Arizona.
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