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Surface depression on the Moon
Spur is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin visited it in 1971, on the Apollo 15
Spur_(lunar_crater)
Topics referred to by the same term
honor-service society in the US Spur gas, North American gas stations operated by Murphy Oil Spur (lunar crater) Spur, Texas, US Spur Gasoline Station, a historic
Spur_(disambiguation)
Moon landing site of American Apollo 15
(crater) Earthlight (crater) Elbow (lunar crater) Index (crater) Last (crater) Rhysling (crater) Spur (lunar crater) St. George (crater) North Complex Bennett
Hadley–Apennine
Prehistoric impact crater in Mexico
The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The crater is named after the onshore inland community of Chicxulub
Chicxulub_crater
Natural satellite orbiting Earth
impact cratering, with craters formed when asteroids and comets collide with the lunar surface. There are estimated to be roughly 300,000 craters wider
Moon
First crewed Moon landing (1969)
crater and found another patch of level ground. They were now 100 feet (30 m) from the surface, with only 90 seconds of propellant remaining. Lunar dust
Apollo_11
Proceedings of NASA's fourth manned Moon landing until ascent
they traveled onward to Spur crater (Station 7), which was 320 ft (100 m) across and 66 ft (20 m) deep. Reaching the crater's rim they found small fragments
Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface
Apollo_15_operations_on_the_Lunar_surface
a crater rim can be somewhat difficult. It has also been observed that the slope along the excavated interior of many craters can facilitate a spur-and-gully
Rim_(crater)
Mountain on the Moon
near St. George crater, and Stations 6, 6A, and 7 were at or near Spur crater. They found the famous "Genesis Rock", sample 15415, at Spur. A clast of anorthosite
Mons_Hadley_Delta
Fourth crewed Moon landing
2018. Jones, Eric M., ed. (1995). "Sampling at Head Crater and Bench Crater". Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Journal. NASA. Archived from the original on February
Apollo_15
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
surrounding the Apollo 15 Lunar Module blast crater while orbiting above the lunar surface. Beginning in 2009, NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Apollo_program
Rock retrieved from the Moon in 1971
during the second lunar EVA, at Spur crater on Earth's Moon. It has a mass of c. 270 grams (4,200 grains), and is stored at the Lunar Sample Laboratory
Genesis_Rock
Crater on the Moon
Rydberg is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the southwest limb. This crater lies within the Mendel-Rydberg
Rydberg_(crater)
Topics referred to by the same term
Spurr Township, Michigan Mount Spurr, a volcano in Alaska Spurr (crater), a lunar crater People Arthur Clinton Spurr, American lawyer Frederic C. Spurr
Spurr
Long, narrow, elevated landform
along the length of the tumulus. Volcanic crater/caldera ridges Large volcanoes often have a central crater or caldera or both, bordered by rims that
Ridge
Crater on Ganymede
the lunar-derived model) to 0.99 to 1.37 billion years (based on the Jupiter-comet model). Conversely, the age and presence of young ray craters such
Enkidu_(crater)
Crater on the Moon
feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed the Lunar Module Falcon on the northern
Last_(crater)
Second largest main-belt asteroid
Crater density measurements on Rheasilvia's relatively unmodified floor materials and surrounding ejecta deposits, calibrated using standard lunar chronology
4_Vesta
Inducement prize contest in the field of space exploration
manmade objects on the Moon, detecting ice on one of the Moon's craters, or surviving a lunar night. The X Prize offers the first prize until December 31
Space_competition
Topics referred to by the same term
Blanchard House, an historic house in Stratton, Maine Blanchard (crater), a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon Blanchardstown, a suburb
Blanchard_(disambiguation)
NASA's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (ALSJ) records the details of each mission's period on the lunar surface as a timeline of the activities undertaken
Lunar Panoramic Photography - Apollo 15
Lunar_Panoramic_Photography_-_Apollo_15
American astronaut (born 1930)
southwest of the crater Sabine D. At 12:52:00 UTC on July 20, Aldrin and Armstrong entered Eagle, and began the final preparations for lunar descent. At 17:44:00
Buzz_Aldrin
American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1932)
Hadley Delta. At Spur Crater, they discovered one of the most famous lunar samples, a plagioclase-rich anorthosite from the early lunar crust, that was
David_Scott
Surface features on Mars
on Mars Dark flows in Newton Crater extending during summer (video-gif). Warm season flows on slope in Horowitz Crater (video-gif). Seasonal flows on
Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes
Seasonal_flows_on_warm_Martian_slopes
American astronaut (1928–2025)
astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded in 1970 the Apollo 13 lunar mission, which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon
Jim_Lovell
American geologist
22, 2025. Tompkins, Stefanie (1997). Central peaks of impact craters as probes of lunar crustal composition: Results from laboratory and remote spectral
Stefanie_Tompkins
American surgeon and co-founder of Cleveland Clinic
Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio was named in his honor on 21 April 1944. The lunar crater Crile is named after him. He married Grace Elizabeth McBride (1876–1948)
George_Washington_Crile
Fictional artefacts from Arthur C. Clarke's ''Space Odyssey'' novels
as TMA-1) refers to the strong magnetic field found somewhere in the lunar Crater Tycho by an American scientific satellite. Astronauts find that this
Monolith_(Space_Odyssey)
American astronomer (1932–2009)
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for over three decades. Her studies of lunar craters raised interest about near Earth Objects, and in the early 1970s, she
Eleanor_F._Helin
Province of South Korea
been discovered subsequently and is of equivalent value. Sangumburi Crater is the crater of an extinct volcano. Unlike its brethren Halla-san and Songsan
Jeju_Province
that the Moon had craters and observed, and correctly explained sunspots, and that Venus exhibited a full set of phases resembling lunar phases. Galileo
History_of_astronomy
his major achievements was to confirm numerically that asymmetric lunar cratering has a profound connection with near-Earth-asteroid dynamics JPL · 6527
Meanings of minor-planet names: 6001–7000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_6001–7000
Second planet from the Sun
Nomenclature: Venus by the International Astronomical Union Venus crater database by the Lunar and Planetary Institute Map of Venus Archived 6 November 2015
Venus
Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)
Piazzia in his honour. The lunar crater Piazzi was named after him in 1935. More recently, a large albedo feature, probably a crater, imaged by the Hubble
Giuseppe_Piazzi
Minor planet found within the inner Solar System
encircling a radius-size crater at its south pole but is otherwise a spheroid. Dawn spacecraft revealed that Ceres has a heavily cratered surface, but with fewer
Asteroid
received funding to build a lunar telescope on the Moon, which would allow people to see further into space, an idea spurred by her late husband, Shinichi
List of Space Brothers episodes
List_of_Space_Brothers_episodes
Class of stony-iron meteorite
total weight of 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) around the shallow Haviland Crater were reported. More masses were found later, including one of 454 kilograms
Pallasite
their craft (they were up to 7.6 km away from it using the Lunar Roving Vehicle). One lunar EVA was not a moonwalk, but rather a stand-up EVA partially
List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999
List_of_spacewalks_and_moonwalks_1965–1999
Mystery religion in the Roman Empire
historical or archaeological record. Nevertheless, it could have been a spur to Mithraism's emergence on to the larger stage of popular appeal. "Hence
Mithraism
cinder cones formed as recently as the Pleistocene and the Nye County Lunar Crater volcanic field was active only 15,000 years ago. In Nevada's recent geologic
Geology_of_Nevada
Mass extinction event about 66 million years ago
massive asteroid 10 to 15 km (6 to 9 mi) wide, creating the Chicxulub impact crater and devastating the global environment primarily through a lingering impact
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
American Antarctic base
reducing fuel consumption at McMurdo and Scott. The three-tower facility on Crater Hill has an average wind speed of nearly 30 km/h, at 40 m height of the
McMurdo_Station
Early 4th-century Christian virgin martyr
directions, took its name from the saint's wheel of martyrdom. The lunar impact crater Catharina is named after Saint Catherine. Santa Catarina Island in
Catherine_of_Alexandria
politician – silhouette Leon "Lee" Silver, American geologist - Silver spur (a lunar mountain east of Mons Hadley Delta, south of the landing site of Apollo
List_of_eponyms_(L–Z)
Abbasid Caliph from 813 to 833
did the soldiers acquiesce in al-Mu'tasim's succession. Almanon, a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged highlands in the south-central region of
Al-Ma'mun
and zeuge. pit crater A type of crater formed by the sinking or collapse of the surface lying above a void or empty chamber. Pit craters are similar to
Glossary of geography terms (N–Z)
Glossary_of_geography_terms_(N–Z)
Rapid decrease in Earth's biodiversity
caused by an asteroid impact that formed the Araguainha crater due to the estimated date of the crater's formation overlapping with the end-Permian extinction
Extinction_event
Large, round non-stellar astronomical object
discovery of other large objects in the Kuiper belt, particularly Eris, spurred debate about how exactly to define a planet. In 2006, the International
Planet
Scientific study of earthquakes and propagation of elastic waves through a planet
rocks, faults, rock types, and long-buried giant meteor craters. For example, the Chicxulub Crater, which was caused by an impact that has been implicated
Seismology
German astronomer and computing pioneer
Tübingen, on 23 or 24 October 1635. In 1651, Giovanni Riccioli named the lunar crater Schickard after him. In 1625 Schickard, a Christian Hebraist, published
Wilhelm_Schickard
Smallest Galilean moon of Jupiter
and streaks; the surface lacks large-scale features such as mountains or craters, making the moon the smoothest known solid object in the Solar System.
Europa_(moon)
State of Mexico
paintings and evidence that people once lived in the craters. La Alberca ("The Pool") is a crater lake open to the public for swimming, rowing or boating
Guanajuato
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
contemporaries and achieved prominence in the Muslim world. A 60-km diameter lunar crater located on the southern hemisphere of the moon is named after him as
Nasir_al-Din_al-Tusi
French mathematician (1869–1951)
of Science. He died in 1951 in Paris after a long illness. In 1976, a lunar crater was named after him. Before, it was designated Apollonius D. In the Travaux
Élie_Cartan
in case – The 'lunar ark' would be hidden in lava tubes". Live Science. Retrieved 14 March 2021. "Engineers Propose Solar-Powered Lunar Ark as 'Modern
2021_in_science
American astronomer (1906–1997)
Suit – Will Travel, Ace paperback, p. 113 List of astronomers Tombaugh (crater) Tombaugh Cliffs Tombaugh Regio Tombaugh, Reno G. (1930). "Tombaugh History"
Clyde_Tombaugh
Planetary system consisting of the Sun and objects orbiting it
unreflective and dominated by impact craters. In particular, Phobos's surface has a very large Stickney impact crater that is roughly 4.5 km (2.8 mi) in
Solar_System
Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography (born 1942)
anomalies on the smooth ocean floor. At first, it was pockmarks, like small craters from impacts. Eventually, debris was sighted as the rest of the team was
Robert_Ballard
distribution of craters on the Moon, it can be argued that almost overnight, Gene Shoemaker took the study of the Moon away from Lunar astronomers and
History_of_geology
One hundred years, from 2001 to 2100
the James Webb Space Telescope, Ingenuity Mars helicopter, and Artemis lunar exploration program. There is a lack of general agreement over how to pronounce
21st_century
English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
appears in Rudyard Kipling's 1926 story 'The Eye of Allah'. Baco, a lunar crater named for Roger Bacon History of geomagnetism, of translation, of the
Roger_Bacon
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
University College London is called the Augustus De Morgan Society. The lunar crater De Morgan is named after him. De Morgan's extensive library of mathematical
Augustus_De_Morgan
Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787)
Heisenberg nicknamed Boscovich the Croatian Leibniz. In 1935, a lunar crater - the Boscovich crater - was named after him for his contributions to astronomy
Roger_Joseph_Boscovich
Russian-American astronomer (1897–1963)
Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve and Karl Hermann Struve; and a lunar crater was named for another 3 astronomers of the Struve family: Friedrich Georg
Otto_Struve
City in Northern Ontario, Canada
billion-year-old impact crater; long thought to be the result of a meteorite collision, though more recent analysis has suggested that the crater may in fact have
Greater_Sudbury
discovery of what may be the largest known deposit of lithium, located in the crater of a dormant volcano along the Nevada–Oregon border, and estimated to contain
2023_in_the_United_States
Month of 1970
three of the craters were on the far side of the Moon and not visible from Earth. The exceptions were three impact craters north of Moltke crater, near the
August_1970
Disproven super-Earth orbiting Gliese 581
"Ancient oceans in the northern lowlands of Mars: Evidence from impact crater depth/diameter relationships" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 110
Gliese_581g
Overview of the events of 2012 in science
quarter of 2012. 1 January – NASA's GRAIL-B satellite successfully enters lunar orbit, joining its twin spacecraft GRAIL-A. The two satellites will study
January–March_2012_in_science
of which scientists such as Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) had suspected before the mission confirmed
Timeline of United States discoveries
Timeline_of_United_States_discoveries
Month of 1968
the Richter Scale and shook buildings 100 miles away in Las Vegas. The crater formed by the weapon, code-named "Boxcar", was 300 feet wide and 50 feet
April_1968
Month of 1962
husband, Lee Harvey Oswald, on his return to the United States. The lunar crater Albategnius became the first area of the moon to be illuminated by a
May_1962
Mars Analogue Research Station Programme near the Haughton Meteor Impact Crater on Devon Island, Nunavut in 2002. Designed to develop procedures for an
Natural scientific research in Canada
Natural_scientific_research_in_Canada
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