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Film, Video Apollo at 50: The Lasting Effect of Exploration of the Lunar Surface on Our Current Exploration of the Moon

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Title

  • Apollo at 50: The Lasting Effect of Exploration of the Lunar Surface on Our Current Exploration of the Moon

Summary

  • The Apollo missions to the Moon provided the first ever samples from a planetary body that were collected in a geologic context. Now with data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Noah Petro discussed re-evaluating those samples in a local and regional context which provides improved understanding for what those samples represent.

Event Date

  • April 30, 2019

Notes

  • -  Noah Petro, research space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is a planetary geologist who studies the surface of airless bodies in space, primarily focusing on the Moon.

Running Time

  • 33 minutes 38 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Apollo at 50: The Lasting Effect of Exploration of the Lunar Surface on Our Current Exploration of the Moon. 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8742/>.