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Chapin Professor of Geology J. Mark Erickson recently participated in an Apollo Geology Training Workshop at NASA in Houston, led by Senior Scientist Dean Eppler '74.

Participants included NASA astronauts and their former teachers, who have the responsibility for developing ideas and methods for the geology curriculum to be used by the next group of lunar astronauts, those of the Constellation Project. In addition to Erickson and Eppler, Barbara Tewksbury '73, a member of the design team, participated in the workshop, held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston in April. Class of 2008 Valedictorian David Baker, of Camden, New York, is among the Institute's 2008 summer interns.

Posted: May 22, 2008