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Local Volcanic Crater is Test Bed for Future Space Exploration

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. human spaceflight
  2. Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
  3. Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)
  4. remote sensing and digital image processing
  5. field geology
  6. tectonics and geomorphology

Featured Researcher(s):

Hurtado, Jose
College: Science
Department: Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
Local Volcanic Crater is Test Bed for Future Space Exploration
Date: July 10, 2017



Residents in West Texas and Southern New Mexico may not be aware of a massive volcanic crater in the area, but Kilbourne Hole is no secret to geologists and NASA researchers from around the nation. The National Natural Landmark is about 30 miles west of the Franklin Mountains and is known as a maar volcano....


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