Saturday, July 18, 2009

Yes, Virginia, We Did Land On The Moon

clipped from www.nasa.gov

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident.
Labeled LROC image of Apollo 14 landing site
graphic depicting locations of Apollo landings