# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mareta-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:07:08.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mareta-west"
name: "Mareta West"
slug: "mareta-west"
description: "Mareta Nelle West was an American astrogeologist who in the 1960s chose the site of the first crewed lunar landing, Apollo 11. She was the first female astrogeologist. Her cremated remains were launched into space."
tagline: "American astrogeologist (1915-1998)"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-08-09"
deathDate: "1998-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.999999999999999
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Марета Вест"
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    title: "Mareta West"
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    title: "Mareta West"
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    title: "Mareta West"
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    title: "Mareta West"
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    title: "Mareta West"
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    title: "Mareta West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Уэст, Марета"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "மரேத்தா வெசுட்டு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump