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Cincinnati-Born Physicist George Carruthers Sent His Dreams to the Moon


February 2, 2021
On the Moon is a monument to a Cincinnati-born scientist. The memorial is not terribly large, but it’s covered in gold. The Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera is the only astronomical observatory located on the Moon, and it was designed by George R. Carruthers.
Cincinnati-born physicist George Carruthers (right) and his colleague William Conway examine the Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera designed by Carruthers for the Apollo 16 lunar mission. The camera the only astronomical observatory installed on the Moon remains on the lunar surface.
Image courtesy of NASA
George was born in 1939 as the oldest of Sophia and George Carruthers’ four children. The family lived in an apartment on Gilbert Avenue in Evanston. The senior George was a civil engineer employed by the Army Corps of Engineers during the early days of local remediation after the Great Flood of 1937. He encouraged his son’s interest in astronomy and space flight. George read a lot of sc ....

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