 | Nov. 8, 2007 > American hero
 | | Photo by David Kilper |
American hero
On Nov. 1, Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke spent time with researchers and students in the new electron microprobe lab, located in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building. Displayed on the large monitor is a "back-scattered electron" image of small rock fragments from soil Duke collected and brought back to Earth in April 1972. Duke described the experience of doing field geology and collecting these samples when he was on the Moon during a talk later in the day. Duke chatted with Arts & Sciences senior Lonia Friedlander in Brookings Hall, Room 300, before his talk and before presenting her with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
 | | Photo by Mary Butkus |
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