Critical science support for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will help pave the way for further human and robotic exploration of the Moon. U.S.

Currently, Astrogeology has several internship opportunity offerings. There are two year-round computer programming internships open for Computer Science majors, or other majors with a Computer ...

For now, the demolition of Building One at the U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff Field Center is on hold as city, state and federal officials consider preserving all or a portion of the 35-year-old ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center shows Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Irwin, left, and Dave Scott driving a prototype of a lunar rover in a volcanic ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be equipped with some of the most precise maps of Mars ever created, courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Not only are the ...

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Baerbel Lucchitta talked about how luck played a role in her career as a planetary geologist, but hers was a case of someone making their own luck. Lucchitta did just that when she was a young ...

Flagstaff, Ariz. • Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the ...