Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is the flight backup for the mapping cameras used on the last three Apollo missions. Mapping the lunar surface ...

Mosaic of the near side of the moon as taken by the Clementine star trackers. The images were taken on March 15, 1994. Credit: NASA Grayscale pixels – up close, they look like black, white or grey ...

Astronaut Alan L. Bean walks with a Hasselblad camera attached to his suit while holding a container filled with lunar soil collected during extravehicular activity on the Apollo 12 mission in 1969.

Telescopes, ship navigation and eclipses spurred the first detailed charts of Earth's nearest neighbor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...