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NASA, LRO photographs moon-landing areas of Apollo missions
Cape Canaveral, USA - The spacecraft will find suitable sites for future human expeditions
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has returned its first images 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. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, was able to image five of the six Apollo sites, with the remaining Apollo...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1107465
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency