Remember when we used to go the moon?
It’s been a while since a lunar trip but NASA wants to refresh your memory of those days and is releasing a new set of images depicting the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites.
The images, snapped by the space agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the moon’s surface.
“We can retrace the astronauts’ steps with greater clarity to see where they took lunar samples,” said Noah Petro, a lunar geologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who is a member of the LRO project science team.
At each site, trails also run to the west of the landers, where the astronauts placed the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) to monitor the moon’s environment and interior.
This equipment was a key part of every Apollo mission. It offered the first insights into the moon’s internal structure, measurements of the lunar surface pressure and the composition of its atmosphere.
“These images remind us of our fantastic Apollo history and beckon us to continue to move forward in exploration of our solar system,” added Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
You can check out the images HERE.
More fake images released by NASA to perpetuate the myth of the moon landings. You can’t fool us, we’re on to you NASA.
How about someone takes you up there and lets you see for yourself.
Then you can walk home.