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TREX Field Team is getting ready for fieldwork!

October 28, 2021 | Uncategorized

The rover is on the way to Flagstaff and team members are traveling from across the US and the world to start on field work beginning next week!

TREX at the 2020 NASA Exploration Science Forum

November 13, 2020 | Conferences, Workshops

The TREX team had a strong showing at the virtual 2020 NASA Exploration Science Forum in July. Members Ryan Watkins, Darby Dyar, Tom Prettyman, Eldar Noe Dobrea, Deborah Domingue, Noah Petro, and Henry Hsieh gave talks. Faith Vilas, Deborah Domingue, Melissa Lane, Jian-Yang Li, and Sanlyn Buxner presented posters. See presentations https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/nesf2020/.

Impact Stories @ Boise State

March 25, 2020 | Outreach

Boise State University invited TREX’s Dr. JA Grier to visit January 2-4, 2002 as part of their “First Friday” Astronomy Lecture series.  Dr. Grier’s presentation was titled “The Stories of Impact Craters: How Scientists Learn to Tell Them” and was given to an audience of about 100 students and members of the general public.  To […]

Exploring the Moon from Orbit

January 17, 2020 | Outreach

On January 17, 2020, TREX’s Ryan Watkins spoke at the St Louis Astronomical Society meeting. In this 45 min presentation, Watkins focused on the big scientific discoveries from Apollo, and how we use LRO to evaluate potential future landing sites for human and robotic landed missions. According to Watkins: Apollo was one of, if not […]