Chang'e-3 landing site is indicated with a white square in this lunar map, a mosaic made with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Wide Angle Camera. The landing sites of the Apollo missions are in red.

Before Apollo ... support a soft-landing and that the Sea of Tranquility presented a good site for the first human landing. A ...

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and indeed all of the Apollo landing sites, will need to be protected. “There was a move afoot to declare them a world heritage site, which is run through the U.N.,” says Launius.

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Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

This Saturday, July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing ... Some believe the shadows in the moon landing photos prove the images were faked, but this has been disproved ...

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...