Eugene Shoemaker with some of the first geologic maps of the Moon, Flagstaff AZ, mid-1960's Many people are surprised when they learn that well before the first landing of Apollo in 1969, we already ...

Much has been written about the astronauts who first landed on the moon 50 years ago, but the real stars of the Apollo missions are these gorgeous maps. I still remember a cartoon in a newspaper in ...

David Rothery is co-leader of the European Space Agency's Mercury Surface and Composition Working Group, and a Co-Investigator on MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer) that is now on its way to ...

ONE OF THE reasons I became a geologist was the maps. I will never have enough walls in my house for all the beautiful geologic maps I'd love to hang. But these maps are also full of information about ...