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Hess, Harry H

Person · USA

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American geologist. Senior scientist involved in analyzing the lunar samples returned to Earth by Project Apollo.

Harry H. Hess was one of the senior scientists involved in analyzing the lunar samples returned to Earth by Project Apollo. Blair Professor of Geology at Princeton University, he was chair of the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences during the Apollo era.

Country
USA
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Princeton
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Chronology

1 event

1969 January 1

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