During the Apollo program, NASA sent many of its astronauts to Hawaiis Big Island for field training in the run up to missions. The surface of the Moon isnt an environment thats easy to replicate, and the volcanic island chains barren, rocky terrain is as close as it gets on earth. The picture above shows astronauts from Apollo 17 — the last manned mission to the lunar surface — test driving the Moon buggy in 1971.
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