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NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites

Posted by Unknown on from the looks-like-photoshop-to-me dept.

sighted writes "Sharp new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites in amazing detail, including the last foot trails left by astronauts on the lunar surface." These pictures were grabbed after the LRO dropped its orbit from 50km above the surface to 25km.

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  1. Disappointing by countertrolling · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I was expecting to see the rovers up on blocks with the radio and wheels missing. And the Russian one all decked out...

    So Aldrin goes back into the LM and the door accidentally locks behind him.

    When Armstrong climbs up, he knocks on the door

    Aldrin: Who is it?

    --
    For justice, we must go to Don Corleone