Harold Masursky
Geologist, Academic
1922 – 1990
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Who was Harold Masursky?
Harold Masursky was an American geologist and astronomer.
He started his career working for the US Geological Survey and later joined NASA as a senior science member. He was responsible for investigation of planetary and lunar surfaces, being interested in finding scientifically valuable landing places. This included the Apollo and Viking missions.
A crater on Mars and the asteroid 2685 Masursky were named in his honor. The Masursky Award and the Masursky Lecture are named after him as well.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1922
Fort Wayne - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- Aug 24, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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