09.11.2023 - By Davy Crockett
This part will cover additional stories found through deeper research, adding to the history shared in found in the new book, Grand Canyon Rim to Rim History.
On March 5, 1964, eighteen famous astronauts, who were part of the Gemini and Apollo programs, hiked down the South Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch, stayed overnight, and then came back up using the Bright Angel Trail. The trip was part of a geological training program. A NASA official said, “The trip will prepare the astronauts to be competent geologic observers, to know what they’re looking at and how to properly observe geologic features on the lunar surface they may encounter.”