Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later

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Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization satellite orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, intelligibly amusement the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites much than 50 years later. 

The photos were taken by the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter successful April 2021 and were reshared connected Curiosity’s X leafage – which posts astir abstraction exploration – connected Wednesday. 

"Image of Apollo 11 and 12 taken by India's Moon orbiter. Disapproving Moon landing deniers," Curiosity wrote connected X, on with the overhead photos that amusement the landing vehicles connected the surface of the moon

Apollo 11 landed connected the satellite connected July 20, 1969, making Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the archetypal men to locomotion connected its surface. 

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Images of the Apollo 11 and 12 landing vehicles

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization satellite orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, intelligibly amusement the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites much than 50 years later.  (India Space Research Organization )

Astronaut Michael Collins, the 3rd antheral connected the Apollo 11 mission, remained successful orbit portion Aldrin and Armstrong walked connected the moon. 

The lunar module, known arsenic Eagle, was near successful lunar orbit aft it rendezvoused with the bid module Collins was successful the adjacent time and Eagle yet landed backmost connected the moon’s surface. 

Apollo 12 was NASA’s 2nd crewed ngo to onshore connected the satellite connected Nov. 19, 1969, successful which Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean became the 3rd and 4th men to locomotion connected its surface.  

Apollo 11 mission

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin deploys a technological experimentation bundle connected the aboveground of the moon.  In the inheritance is the Lunar Module, arsenic is simply a emblem of the United States.  (Photo by Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images) (Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images)

The Apollo missions continued until December 1972, erstwhile the programme was unopen down and astronaut Eugene Cernan became the past antheral to locomotion connected the moon. 

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The Chandrayaan-2 ngo launched connected July 22, 2019, precisely 50 years aft the Apollo 11 ngo and 2 years earlier it captured images of the 1969 lunar landers. 

Apollo 12 mission

Beside NASA's Apollo 12 'Intrepid' Lunar Module, American astronaut Alan Bean unloads instrumentality from the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) connected the aboveground of the moon, November 19, 1969.  (NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

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India besides launched Chandrayaan-3 past year, which became the archetypal ngo to successfully onshore neat the moon’s southbound pole. 

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