Historical pictures of the training of Americans to land on the moon

To fly to the moon, the Americans needed training on the Ground that contributed to successful operations. But where on this planet has similar conditions of the landscape? Welcome to the lake crater fields of Flagstaff (AZ), now the place is known as the Cinder Hills OHV.

These fields were used as areas for learning, because they remind us of a lunar volcanic surface. Here not only learned to study the craters of the moon, but also to correctly install the tools.

The craters resemble lunar, but they were created in 1967. Do small cavities in which were placed the explosives. Then he blew up and education perfectly simulated craters. In diameter stretched to 1.5-12 meters.

These sites were chosen because of the unusual surface Geology: basalt covers the clay layer left from the events of volcanic activity 950 years ago. Just created 497 craters on two territories with an area of 2000 square feet.

Detonation was performed in series to simulate ejected debris. One of the areas most successfully displayed the landing spot for Apollo 11 on the moon.

Also for training chose areas in Texas, new Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Alaska, Mexico, Iceland, Hawaii and the Grand Canyon. But only in Arizona has a "lunar" craters.

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