BACKGROUND:
The southern edge of Mare Insularum extends between the
craters Lansberg and Fra Mauro. The lower half of the section is occupied
by Mare Cognitum. Although this area is seemingly uninteresting, it
contains a number of geologically important locations and therefore
was one of the most regions of the Moon. This is the area where the probe
Ranger 7 crashed landed and where two Apollo expeditions landed: Apollo
12 close to Surveyor 3, and Apollo 14 in the hills at the edge of the
crater Fra Mauro. Refer to your Antonin Rukl lunar atlas chart, page 111.
EARTH-BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGING:
Image
- Fra Mauro (Cidadao)
RANGER SPACECRAFT IMAGES:
ra7
a001.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k Ranger 7 series
ra7
a100.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
a199.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
b001.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
b100.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
b200.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
p001.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
p100.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
ra7
p200.html
09-Oct-1997 09:55 2k
LUNAR ORBITER IMAGES:
Lunar
Orbiter Database
Bonpland, 60 km
Cognitum, Mare
Darney, 13.3 km
Eppinger, 6 km
Fra Mauro, 95 km
Guetard, Dorsum
Insularum, Mare
Kuiper, 6.8 km
Lansberg, 39 km
Moro, Mons
Opelt, Rimae
Parry, Rimae
Riphaeus, Montes
Tolanski., 13 km
APOLLO IMAGES:
Apollo
12 Image Collection
Apollo 12 Photomaps
RESEARCH UPDATES:
AS16-5425 (P)
- Possible volcanic ejecta near Apollo 14 site (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-2824(M)
- Eastern part of Mare Cognitum (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-5433(P)
- Closeup of "V" in AS16-2824(M) (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-5452(P)
- Close-up of ridges and faults near Montes Riphaeus (AOTM, SP-362)
Dogbone Features
On The Moon - The Lunascan Project
AS16-120-19244(H)
Cluster of features in Mare Cognitum (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-1420(M)
Oblique view of Apollo 14 site, Fra Mauro (AOTM, SP-362)
AS16-2518(M)
Oblique view of Ranger 7, Surveyor 3, Apollo 12 & 14 sites (AOTM,
SP-362)
Moon
Shot - Ranger 7 (Lunascan)
AS16-5430(P)
Ranger 7 impact carter (Apollo Over the Moon, SP-362)
AS16-5444(P)
Apollo 14 S4B stage crater (Apollo Over the Moon, SP-362)
Cross
on the Moon? ( Bob Young)
Viewing
the Apollo Landing Sites (lpl.arizona.edu)
Moon Shot Series
- Apollo 12 (Lunascan)
