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LRO images Apollo Landing sites

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:55 | Written by Geoff | Print
 The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Photographs Apollo Landing Sites


The following images were taken in July 2009 and the LRO had not achieved optimum orbit. NASA hopes to revisit the sites and take images of a much greater resolution. Watch this space!

 

 
Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle. Image width: 282 meters (about 925 ft.)
 
Apollo 15 lunar module, Falcon. Image width: 384 meters (about 1,260 ft.)
 
Apollo 16 lunar module, Orion. Image width: 256 meters (about 840 ft.)
 
Apollo 17 lunar module, Challenger. Image width: 359 meters (about 1,178 ft.)
 All images credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Centre/Arizona State University

 

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