McAuliffe (Moon)

Named after Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe - civilian school teacher member of the Challenger crew (1948-1986).

McAuliffe is a small lunar impact crater that is located. It lies within the inner ring of the double-ringed walled plain Apollo, about one crater diameter to the northeast of the crater Resnik. To the southeast of it lies the crater pair of Jarvis and McNair. McAuliffe is a bowl-shaped feature with a roughly circular rim. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.

NW 53 km

Smith

Walking
24 Hours 21 Minutes

N 49 km

Scobee(next)

Walking
22 Hours 25 Minutes

NE 237 km

Mariotte U

MRV
3 Hours 42 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 12 Hours

W 193 km

Dryden

MRV
3 Hours 1 Minute
Walking
3 Days 15 Hours

McAuliffe

-33.24° N 210.23° E

E 285 km

Kleymenov

MRV
4 Hours 28 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 9 Hours

SW 40 km

Resnik(last)

Walking
18 Hours 19 Minutes

S 82 km

Onizuka

MRV
1 Hour 17 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 13 Hours

SE 68 km

Jarvis

MRV
1 Hour 3 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 6 Hours

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