portrait of Noah Petro in the lab at Goddard Space Center
Noah Petro in Goddard’s Astro-biology Analytical Lab. The contraption behind him is used to make ultrapure ammonium hydroxide and hydrazine.Photo: Stephen Voss
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Moon Madness
Noah Petro ’03 ScM, ’07 PhD, has long been obsessed with all things lunar. Now he’s the lead scientist planning the first footprints on the Moon in the 21st century.

By Liz Fuller-Wright ’03 ScM / Winter 2025-2026
November 30th, 2025
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