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Conrad and Surveyor on the Slope of a Crater

Conrad and Surveyor on the Slope of a Crater

Charles Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 Commander, examines the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft during the second extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The Lunar Module (LM) "Intrepid" is in the right background. This pictur... More

Terraced Wall Crater on the Lunar Limb

Terraced Wall Crater on the Lunar Limb

This oblique view featuring International Astronomical Union (IAU) Crater 302 on the Moon surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Note the terraced walls of the crater and central c... More

The Lunar Limb, NASA Apollo program

The Lunar Limb, NASA Apollo program

A high forward oblique view of Rima Ariadaeus on the Moon, as photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 17 degrees, 5 minutes east longitude and 5 degrees,... More

A Rille Runs Through It. NASA public domain image colelction.

A Rille Runs Through It. NASA public domain image colelction.

This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 13 degrees, 3 minutes east longitude and 7 degrees, 1 minute north la... More

Odyssey On Deck. NASA public domain image colelction.

Odyssey On Deck. NASA public domain image colelction.

Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. Th... More

APOLLO 14 EVA View, NASA Apollo program

APOLLO 14 EVA View, NASA Apollo program

Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, photographed this sweeping view showing fellow Moon-explorer astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander, and the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM). A small clust... More

Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface... More

Apollo 14 Crew Training, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 14 Crew Training, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 14 flight crew during lunar EVA training. NASA Identifier: GPN-2000-000962

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commande... More

Irwin Loads-up the Rover. NASA public domain image colelction.

Irwin Loads-up the Rover. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo 15 Lunar Module pilot James B. Irwin loads-up the "Rover", Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) with tools and equipment in preparation for the first lunar extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine la... More

Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, NASA Apollo program

Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, NASA Apollo program

Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background b... More

Orange Soil Discovery, NASA Apollo program

Orange Soil Discovery, NASA Apollo program

A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the highly- publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found on the Moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus... More

Roving Hills, NASA Apollo program

Roving Hills, NASA Apollo program

David R. Scott, Commander of Apollo 15, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the third lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. Hadley Rille is a... More

Scott on the Rover, NASA Apollo program

Scott on the Rover, NASA Apollo program

David R. Scott, Apollo 15 Commander, is seated in the Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. NASA Identifier: GPN-2000-001306

The Apollo 16 Prime Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Apollo 16 Prime Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

The prime of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. From left to right: Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module pilot; John W. Young, Commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot. NASA Identifier: GPN-2000-001134

Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base

Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base

Astronaut Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). I... More