Tom Stafford, E.C. Slipher, and Neil Armstrong Examine a Map of Mars

Tom Stafford, E.C. Slipher, and Neil Armstrong Examine a Map of Mars

Slipher, Earl Carl

Lowell Observatory

Mars

Stafford, Tom

Armstrong, Neil

Astronauts

During the "Next Nine" astronauts’ January 1963 visit to Lowell Observatory, staff briefed them on the observatory’s efforts to map the Moon and Mars. The astronauts examined maps of both the Moon and Mars to learn how to interpret geological and topographic features. Here, Lowell astronomer E.C. Slipher uses a pen to point out features on a Mars map as astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Neil Armstrong (right) look on.

Unknown

1963-01-16

Johnson Space Center, NASA

Black and white photograph

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S63-00916