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English: In 1964, hosted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) staff, astronauts who had flown, or would go onto fly, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, or Space Shuttle missions visited the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. Pictured here are some of the astronauts conducting Lunar Laser Ranging tests.Throughout the 1960s, the following astronauts visited MMP: Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott, Dick Gordon, Michael Collins, Roger B. Chaffee, Charlie Bassett, Alan Bean, Walter Cunningham, Rusty Schweickart, James A. McDivitt, Bill Anders, Elliot See, Thomas P. Safford, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, Edward H. White, Neil Armstrong, Charles Conrad, John Young, James Lovell, and Deke Slayton.
Date 21 April 2023, 10:46 (upload date)
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