The Man who was buried on the moon

Eugene Merle Shoemaker was an American geologist. He predeceased his wife, Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Levi. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994.

So far many people have gone to the moon. Who took the first step on the moon? Many people know about this too. Many space rockets have been launched till date. They also successfully returned to Earth. It is also said that there is water on the moon. But you will also be surprised to read that a person was buried on this very moon. But this is true. An American scientist wanted to be buried on the moon. So he was buried on the moon.

Eugene Shoemaker is the only person sent from Earth to be buried on the Moon. In January 1998, part of his bones was carried to the Moon by NASA’s Lunar Prospector.

Shoemaker was contributing to the field of planetary science by adding some astronomical experiments to his main branch of geography. He studied many meteor craters on Earth and in the 1960s researched the Astronomical Research Program at the US Geological Survey. Shoemaker trained Apollo mission astronauts on what to look for on the lunar surface. He continues to live with his new research. But, it was July 1997. At that time Shoemaker was searching for meteorites in Australia. However, at this time he died in a car accident. Shoemaker wanted to be an astronaut. But, he was disqualified due to some medical reasons. So Shoemaker’s close associate Carolyn Porco decided to put Shoemaker’s bones on the moon. Fortunately, NASA also liked the idea of ​​paying tribute to Shoemaker by taking his remains to the moon. After that, he immediately called the Celestis company. NASA had never taken human remains to the moon before. Also the company Celestis was working like this. So NASA asked Celestis for help in transporting Shoemaker’s remains to the moon. Owners of the Celestis Company were also created. Because he was sure that in the future it would be seen as the only example.

Also, Caroline felt that this is all we can do to repay Shoemaker’s desire and interest in lunar studies, the emphasis he put into lunar studies, and the precious time he gave to it. So she kept a part of that bone. Polycarbonate capsules were made to send these bones into space and the bones were placed in them. These bones were sent to the moon from NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft, which searched for water on the moon in 1998. A capsule filled with his bones was buried at the South Pole of the Moon.