Chang’e 3 was launched on December 1, 2013, and performed a successful moon landing on December 14. It consisted of a robotic lander and China’s first lunar rover, designated Yutu (Jade Rabbit). The successful landing makes China the third nation (After the USA and the Soviet Union) to...
China's Chang'e 2 orbiter captured detailed imagery of the Bay of Rainbows, the proposed landing site for the country's first lunar lander. China Unveils First Moon Photos From New Lunar Orbiter China Lunar Exploration Program [Full Story] This photo, taken by China's Chang'e 2 lunar pro...
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New photos of the Apollo moon landing sites were released today (Sept. 6), showing extraordinary new details about the areas on the lunar surface visited by humans, including tracks left by the astronauts and their lunar rovers. In one image of theApollo 17 landing site, the last tracks lef...
This image provided by Intuitive Machines on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 shows its Odysseus lunar lander over the south pole region of the Moon. The toppled lunar lander is still beaming back pictures of the moon, as its nears the final hours of its life. The photos were taken shortly before...
Apollo 12 in Pictures: Photos from NASA's Pinpoint Moon Landing Mission Apollo 11 Liftoff and Flag NASA. A Saturn V rocket launches the Apollo 11 crew on the first moon landing mission on July 16, 1969 in this image framed by an American flag. Four days later, Apollo 11 astronauts ...
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15, 2013, shows a photo of the Chang'e-3 lander during the mutual-photograph process. The rover and the lander took photos of each other Sunday night, marking the success of the Chang'e-3 lunar probe mission. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Lin)[/caption] Beijing Chinas Jade Rabbit rover sent...
Landing Sites (robotic) Launch Photos LCROSS LO BUGL LOIRP LOIRP in the news LPI (Lunar & Planetary Institute) LRO Luna Lunar Orbiter Lunar Orbiter 1 ("I" or "A") Lunar Orbiter 2 ("II" or "B") Lunar Orbiter 2 Images Lunar Orbiter 3 ("III" or "C") Lunar ...