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NASA teams returned to the Black Point Lava Flow, north of Flagstaff, Arizona in October, using the unusual terrain there to simulate conditions at the south pole of the Moon. (Photo/Bill Stafford)

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NASA returns to Black Point Lava Flow near Flagstaff for analog missions
In October, NASA rebooted D-RATS, returning to the Black Point Lava Flow for the latest in a series of analog missions to prepare Artemis astronauts to explore new terrain on the Moon

The otherworldly footprint of black basaltic lava creates a striking landscape at Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona

By Kevin Wilcox, NASA November 15, 2022