A Click-on site to the Apollo Landing Sites (lpll.arizona.edu/)
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The first probe to reach the Moon. (Russian). TD near Autolycus. |
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Our first view of the lunar farside. (Russian) |
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4308 photographs, detail down to 1 meter (American) |
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7137 photographs (American) |
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5814 photographs, detail down to 25 cm |
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Ocean of Storms. First spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data to Earth. |
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Oceanus Procellarum, Flamsteed P. First soft landing. |
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Oceanus Procellarum. |
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SE Oceanus Procellarum. 6326 photos, later joined by Apollo 12 |
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Mare Tranquillitatis |
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Sinus Medii. Performed a successful 'hop' to new location. |
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Outer rim of the crater Tycho |
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Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong & Aldrin on the Moon, Collins in orbit |
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Conrad & Bean on the Moon, Gordon in orbit |
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First robot probe to return samples of the lunar surface to Earth |
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Luna 17 USSR probe and first successful unmanned rover, Lunakhod 1 |
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Shepard & Mitchell on the Moon, Roosa in orbit |
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Scott & Irwin on the Moon, Worden in orbit |
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Mare Fecunditatis. Returned samples to Earth. |
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Young & Duke on the Moon, Mattingly in orbit |
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Cernan & Schmidt on the Moon, Evans in orbit |
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In LeMonnier crater |
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Sea of Crisis |