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Luna Society Designates “Peace Crater” To Honor Nelson Mandela

New York USA — Luna Society International (LSI) has announced that a crater on Luna, Earth’s Moon, has been renamed to honor humanitarian and statesman Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on the occasion of his 94th birthday. The crater, which is located in…

People 9 August

IAU Removes Designation Of Lunar Crater Named For Suspected Nazi War Criminal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, 9 August 2002 LT UPDATE: On 28 October 2002, the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), after verifying Dr. Hans Eppinger’s connection with the Nazi prison camps, unanimously voted to drop the designation of…