Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 7 March, 2000

STS-099 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
March 7, 2000

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STS099-705-66

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Chicxulub, Mexico, 21°20'N, 89°30' W. The "smoking gun" crater that gained acceptance for the Alvarez theory that a large comet or asteroid contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Chixulub is 170 kilometers in diameter and has been dated at 65 million years.

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This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science Directorate. Recommended Citation: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." .
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