'Even now, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the final mission, scientists are still studying samples of moon rocks that the Apollo crews brought home with them'
This is where Neil Armstrong took his first ‘small step’ in July 1969, but there’s a place a little above that site where two of the dark lunar maria meet, that is no less important.
This was the longest of the Apollo missions, launching on December 7, 1972, and not returning until 12 days later, on December 19.From December 11 to 14, Cernan and Schmitt spent the most time on extravehicular activities , clocking up over 22 hours on the lunar surface, roving almost 8km from their lunar lander Challenger, and bringing back a whopping 110kg of moon rocks.
Even now, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the final mission, scientists are still studying samples of moon rocks that the Apollo crews brought home with them, learning more about the moon and about the planet we call home. Most of the images you’ll have seen from the missions are reproductions of reproductions and have lost a lot of their detail and vibrancy.Andy is one of the world’s foremost experts on digital restoration and is one of the few people that NASA themselves trust with the Apollo photographic archives. He has spent years restoring images from every single crewed Apollo mission and collating them into an incredible collection.
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