This is where Artemis Astronauts prepare for Moon Exploration

Meteor Crater in Winslow, Arizona was formed nearly about 50000 years ago. Here are 6 things you (probably) didn’t know.

This is simply named Meteor crater as this was the first confirmed crater that was formed due to collision with an outer space object Image credit: Arizona Geological Survey Image credit: Arizona Geological Survey

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