Images of America: Lowell Observatory supplier_Crocodile Creek also educated the Apollo astronauts

also educated the Apollo astronauts about the moon's craters before their mission

including binoculars and telescopes

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Now most noted for its proximity to the Grand Canyon

Images of America: Lowell Observatory supplier_Crocodile Creek also educated the Apollo astronautsAtop a mesa one mile west of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona, sits Lowell Observatory, an astronomical research facility steeped in tradition. Percival Lowell, scion of a Boston Brahmin family, initially established his observatory in 1894 to study the possibility of intelligent life on Mars. Lowell widely popularized his controversial theories, sparking debate among both the scientific community and lay public. In the following years, the observatory's