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Collection Highlights
The USGS/NASA Astrogeology RPIF contains many unique research materials and artifacts. Including:
- Images and films of Apollo astronaut training
- Forty years of draft map materials including original airbrush images
- Documents chronicling USGS Astrogeology's involvement in 50 years of space mission planning
- Special document collections ...
RPIF Online Exhibits
The NASA/USGS RPIF is dedicated to providing online exhibits of archived materials. The RPIF houses a large collection of historical artifacts in relation to space exploration, map-making, and planetary geology.
RPIF Pioneers of Astrogeology
Some of the pioneers in planetary geologic research include Eugene Shoemaker, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Don Wilhelms, Raymond Batson, David Roddy, Gordon Swann and Baerbel Lucchitta. Click on the images below to learn about each person and their contributions to Astrogeology.
Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF)
The NASA/USGS Astrogeology Regional Planetary Information Facility (RPIF), located in the Shoemaker Building (Building 6) on the USGS Campus in Flagstaff, Arizona, is a facility of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. The Astro RPIF houses in 3000 square feet of climate-controlled space more than 100,000 lunar and planetary maps, a reference library, an ever-growing photo and...