NASA has shared a video that revisits the Apollo 11 Moon Landing to reveal the astronaut's tracks are still there after all this time.
. To celebrate, NASA released a video that revisits the mission’s landing point on the Moon to reveal the astronaut’s tracks are still there after all this time.
NASA says that Apollo 11 is one of the most well-known missions to the moon. Still, it was only successful because prior missions — such as robotic explorers like Ranger and Surveyor — paved the way and allowed NASA to test traveling to and landing on the Moon. Crewed missions like Apollo 8, 9, and 10 tested entering and exiting lunar orbit.
“Apollo was the finest hour of America’s space program. In just eight years, we had gone from zero human spaceflight capability to landing men on the surface of the moon. From these missions, scientists developed a new view of the origin and evolution of the planets and of life on Earth,” Paul D.
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