Gene Shoemaker, Founder of USGS Astrogeology

By Astrogeology Science Center 1965 (approx.)

Gene Shoemaker wearing a white button-up shirt and a bolo tie, sitting at a microscope and looking at the camera

Detailed Description

Gene Shoemaker working on Apollo data, in his characteristic bolo tie. Gene was one of the founders of USGS Astrogeology and an early pioneer of planetary science.

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Public Domain.

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