Apollo 1 Hills

[1][2] Their capsule stood atop the Saturn-1B rocket which was at the time docked to the launchpad gantry at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 34, while they performed an in-capsule training for what was to be a low Earth orbit shake-out mission for the United States' Apollo Space Program.

[2] The three vastly separated hills are located in the Gusev crater, part of the Aeolis quadrangle on Mars.

[1] As of January 2020, however, the International Astronomical Union has not officially designated the hills with the names of the astronauts.

[citation needed] "Through recorded history, explorers have had both the honor and responsibility of naming significant landmarks.

Gus, Ed, and Roger's contributions, as much as their sacrifice, helped make our giant leap for mankind possible … as America strides towards our next giant leap, NASA, and the Mars Exploration Rover team created a fitting tribute to these brave explorers and their legacy."