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The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for five valles on Mercury: Angkor Vallis, Cahokia Vallis, Caral Vallis, Paestum Vallis, and Timgad Vallis. For more information, see the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Farah Vallis for a valley on Mars. For more information, see the map of MC-23 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
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Io Color Mosaics: Beautiful color and greyscale mosaics of Jupiter's moon, Io, created from data collected by Galileo and Voyager.
Mars Odyssey THEMIS Mosaics: Ongoing project to prepare for the creation of THEMIS global controlled mosaics. Download images, data, and access information about the projectMars Global Digital Dune Database: MC2–MC29
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1158
R.K. Hayward, K.F., Mullins, L.K. Fenton, T.M. Hare, T.N. Titus, M.C.Bourke, A. Colaprete, and P.R. Christensen
The U.S. Geological Survey, Branch
of Astrogeology--A chronology of activities from conception through the end of
Project Apollo (1960-1973)
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1190
Gerald G. Schaber
Proof for Water, Hints of Life?
Soils of Eagle Crater and Meridiani Planum at the Opportunity Rover Landing Site
Evidence from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager for Ancient Water on Meridiani Planum
Textures of the Soils and Rocks at Gusev Crater from Spirit's Microscopic Imager
Mars:
A Warmer, Wetter Planet
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Volcano-Ice Interaction on Earth & Mars
M
G Chapman
KNAZ and the Arizona Daily Sun interviewed Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project members. Read the official news release: NASA and USGS announce availability of historic images of the Moon [PDF, 85KB].
New Heaven, New Earth special report A Visit To USGS Center of Astrogeology in Flagstaff, Arizona
Science magazine's 5 July 2002 NetWatch featured the USGS Astrogeology Research Program
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AGU's 2 July 2002 weekly newspaper, Eos, included Dave Roddy's biography written by Carolyn Shoemaker.
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