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More information about LPL is available under <a href="/about">About LPL</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="mb-4 paragraph paragraph--type--az-cards paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="content h-100 row d-flex flex-wrap field field--name-field-az-cards field--type-az-card field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 pb-4 field__item"> <div class="card shadow card-with-link bg-white h-100"> <div class="position-relative overflow-hidden"> <img class="card-img-top img-fluid image-style-az-card-image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/history/brief-history.jpg.webp?itok=nvKoL7OC" width="568" height="426" alt="" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="card-body d-flex flex-column"> <h3 class="bold mt-0 mb-3 card-title text-left h5"> <a href="/about/history/overview" class="text-reset">A Brief History of LPL</a> </h3> <div class="card-text"><p>In 1960, <strong>Gerard P. 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Chiefly comprised of scientists at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) and Steward Observatory.</p> </div> <div class="mt-auto"><a href="http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections/pioneers-planetary-science" class="btn-block stretched-link">See Pioneers of Planetary Science</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 pb-4 field__item"> <div class="card shadow card-with-link bg-white h-100"> <div class="position-relative overflow-hidden"> <img class="card-img-top img-fluid image-style-az-card-image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/outreach/hartmann_rlatlas_0.jpg.webp?itok=spYF822S" width="568" height="426" alt="William Hartmann" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="card-body d-flex flex-column"> <h3 class="bold mt-0 mb-3 card-title text-left h5"> <a href="https://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid2594.htm" class="text-reset">Under Desert Skies</a> </h3> <div class="card-text"><p><em>Under Desert Skies</em> tells the story of how a small corner of Arizona became Earth's ambassador to space. 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