Kebira Crater is the name given to a circular topographic feature that was identified in 2007 by Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim using satellite imagery, Radarsat-1, and Shuttle Radar Topography Missio
Farouk El-Baz is an Egyptian-American space scientist and geologist, who worked with NASA in the scientific exploration of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo program. He was a leading geologist o
El-Baz (right) training Ronald Evans and Robert Overmyer
El-Baz giving a lecture on his role in the Apollo program at the National Air and Space Museum in 2019, with the Earthrise photo from Apollo 8 in the background.