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Astronaut Monument

The Astronaut Monument is a monument commemorating the training of Apollo astronauts in northern Iceland in 1965 and 1967. It is located outside the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, and contains the names of 32 Apollo astronauts who were sent to Iceland for training in geology for crewed lunar missions. Fourteen of the trainee astronauts later flew to the Moon, and seven of those conducted geology work on the lunar surface.

Apollo geology trainees
The 32 Apollo astronauts listed on the monument are: • William AndersNeil ArmstrongCharles BassettAlan BeanVance D. BrandGerald P. CarrEugene CernanRoger B. ChaffeeWalter CunninghamCharles DukeDonn F. EiseleJoseph EngleRonald EvansOwen GarriottEdward GibsonFred HaiseJoseph P. KerwinDon L. LindJack R. LousmaKen MattinglyBruce McCandlessCurt MichelEdgar MitchellWilliam PogueStuart RoosaHarrison SchmittRussell SchweickartDavid ScottJohn L. SwigertPaul J. WeitzClifton WilliamsAlfred Worden Seven of the trainees did geological research and sample collection while on the Moon: Armstrong, Bean, Cernan, Duke, Mitchell, Schmitt, and Scott. Seven others flew to the Moon but did not land: Anders, Evans, Haise, Mattingly, Roosa, Swigert, and Worden. ==See also==
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