NASA uses Colorado mountains for moon landing training
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WHEN APOLLO CAME TO EAST IDAHO: In 1969 NASA astronauts trained at Craters of the Moon, Tremonton Leader
NASA sets its sights on the moon from training grounds in Northern Arizona
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NASA returns to Central Oregon for spacesuit testing, Local&State
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NASA Peregrine 1 launch: First US moon landing in decades to launch with NASA science, human remains on board
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NASA astronauts using Eagle County as a training ground for moon landing
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Astronauts - Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
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Coloradans with Apollo 11 ties recall their roles in getting people to the moon
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Operation Moon Rock: The Hunt for Lost Lunar Samples, Summer of Space
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Astronauts in the Grand Canyon: how Nasa used the west as a moonscape, Arizona
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An Inside Look At Nokia's Moon Mission - SpaceRef
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Guest Commentary: 50 years after the moon landing is no time to relaunch a go-it-alone space race
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When public land in New Mexico stood in for the Moon
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NASA Mourns the Passing of Astronaut John Young – Moon: NASA Science
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Flagstaff's rocky lava field became a little piece of the moon