“These weather radars are not designed to find meteorite falls, but they’re designed to find objects in the atmosphere which reflect radar,” Marc Fries said. (Photo: NASA-Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science) It was this kind of data that helped narrow the search efforts for the Fries. When NASA released the statement, they included a graphic of a map of South Texas with “radar signatures of falling meteorites,” showing an area in Starr County. They’re seeing more moisture, especially if it rains, and more oxygen than they have ever experienced before.” “From the moment a meteorite hits the ground, they start to get altered by the Earth. “The point is to get there as quickly as possible,” Marc Fries said. Thursday, Marc Fries said he and his wife were on the road to Starr County from Houston, with every minute being valuable. NASA would confirm the following day that a 1,000-pound meteor made entry near McAllen, and that meteorites did in-fact reach the ground from the event.īy 3 p.m. 15, residents reported a loud blast and a fireball near the Mission-area. Marc added that Linda has seen more meteorites “than just about anybody on the planet.” Photo: Linda Welzenbach Fries The race to Starr County Linda also worked at the Smithsonian as the Collection Manager of Meteorites at the National Museum of Natural History. Marc Fries is the cosmic dust curator for NASA, and Linda Fries is a science writer for the Department of Earth Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University. Marc Fries and Linda Welzenbach Fries, who referred to themselves as a “nerd couple,” are believed to be the first people to recover fragments of the meteorite that was heard and felt across many parts of the Rio Grande Valley area last week, along with Robert Ward. STARR COUNTY, Texas ( Valle圜entral) - Valle圜entral spoke exclusively with the husband-and-wife scientists that recovered meteorite fragments in Starr County last week.
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