Mike Wargo Has His Own Crater On The Moon

Moon Crater Named After Former NASA Chief Exploration Scientist Michael Wargo, NASA
“NASA’s former chief exploration scientist, Michael Wargo, has been posthumously honored with the distinction of having a lunar crater named after him. Wargo Crater is an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) diameter impact crater sitting on the northwest edge of Joule T crater, on the far side of the Moon. Wargo worked at NASA from 1991 until his death in 2013.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

3 responses to “Mike Wargo Has His Own Crater On The Moon”

1. Boardman says:

   February 6, 2018 at 2:28 pm

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   Mike was certainly a bigger-than-life character. I miss him.

2. John Carlton Mankins says:

   February 6, 2018 at 5:22 pm

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   Well-deserved: Mike was a good man, a good friend and an exemplary public servant/scientist. Still miss him…

3. cdpino says:

   February 6, 2018 at 8:23 pm

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   When i first started working at the agency, Mike was the first “scientist” who I became friends with. He was always nice, smart, funny, and wise. Ad Astra