Interior Craters
Several craters within the Apollo impact have been named to honor deceased NASA employees.
Dryden is attached to the west-northwestern exterior of the inner ring. Chaffee is a similar-sized crater that lies partly across the southwest section of the inner ring. In the southeast part of the outer crater is Borman. Inside the inner ring are the craters Resnik, McAuliffe and Onizuka, and the Jarvis–McNair crater pair. The crater Smith lies across the northern part of the inner ring.
In 2006 the IAU approved a proposal to name seven interior craters to honor the astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter | Name source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chawla | 42°48′S 147°30′W / 42.8°S 147.5°W / -42.8; -147.5 | 15 km | Kalpana Chawla |
| D. Brown | 42°00′S 147°12′W / 42.0°S 147.2°W / -42.0; -147.2 | 15 km | David McD. Brown |
| Husband | 40°48′S 147°54′W / 40.8°S 147.9°W / -40.8; -147.9 | 29 km | Richard D. Husband |
| L. Clark | 43°42′S 147°42′W / 43.7°S 147.7°W / -43.7; -147.7 | 16 km | Laurel B. S. Clark |
| McCool | 41°42′S 146°18′W / 41.7°S 146.3°W / -41.7; -146.3 | 21 km | William C. McCool |
| M. Anderson | 41°36′S 149°00′W / 41.6°S 149.0°W / -41.6; -149.0 | 17 km | Michael P. Anderson |
| Ramon | 41°36′S 148°06′W / 41.6°S 148.1°W / -41.6; -148.1 | 17 km | Ilan Ramon |
Three of the crater names include the respective astronaut's first initials to distinguish them from the existing craters called Anderson, Brown and Clark.
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