07/18/09
You'd better believe it!
New NASA photos prove that the Apollo lunar landing really took place in 1969
According to astronomer David Reneke, Its official! The Apollo landing sites have been photographed!
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has just returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures, released July 17, 2009, show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident. Yes folks, they really DID go to the moon… and this is the irrefutable proof!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) was able to image five of the six Apollo sites on it's first photographic pass. The LROC team anxiously awaited each image, very interested in getting the first peek at the lunar module descent stages just for the thrill - and to see how well the cameras had come into focus. Indeed, the images were fantastic!
The satellite reached lunar orbit June 23 and captured the Apollo sites between July 11 and 15, 2009. It had been expected that LRO would be able to resolve the remnants of the Apollo mission, these first images came even before the spacecraft reached its final mapping orbit. Future LROC images from these sites will have even greater resolution.
Although these pictures provide a reminder of past NASA exploration, LRO's primary focus is on paving the way for the future. By returning detailed lunar data, the mission will help NASA identify safe landing sites for future explorers, locate potential resources, describe the moon's radiation environment and demonstrate new technologies.
A set of scientific instruments placed by the astronauts at the landing site, is discernable, as are trails between the module and instrument package left by the astronauts' footprints.
One picture shows the landing site where Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon. Yes, it's REAL! This picture shows the lower half of the Lunar Module, the part that stayed behind on the Moon when Armstrong and Aldrin blasted back up off the surface. Apollo may seem like ancient history, but those artifacts on the Moon are still sitting there, in many ways as fresh as the day they were placed there.
Find out more at www.davidreneke.com.au
Image by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has just returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures, released July 17, 2009, show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident. Yes folks, they really DID go to the moon… and this is the irrefutable proof!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) was able to image five of the six Apollo sites on it's first photographic pass. The LROC team anxiously awaited each image, very interested in getting the first peek at the lunar module descent stages just for the thrill - and to see how well the cameras had come into focus. Indeed, the images were fantastic!
The satellite reached lunar orbit June 23 and captured the Apollo sites between July 11 and 15, 2009. It had been expected that LRO would be able to resolve the remnants of the Apollo mission, these first images came even before the spacecraft reached its final mapping orbit. Future LROC images from these sites will have even greater resolution.
Although these pictures provide a reminder of past NASA exploration, LRO's primary focus is on paving the way for the future. By returning detailed lunar data, the mission will help NASA identify safe landing sites for future explorers, locate potential resources, describe the moon's radiation environment and demonstrate new technologies.
A set of scientific instruments placed by the astronauts at the landing site, is discernable, as are trails between the module and instrument package left by the astronauts' footprints.
One picture shows the landing site where Neil and Buzz landed on the Moon. Yes, it's REAL! This picture shows the lower half of the Lunar Module, the part that stayed behind on the Moon when Armstrong and Aldrin blasted back up off the surface. Apollo may seem like ancient history, but those artifacts on the Moon are still sitting there, in many ways as fresh as the day they were placed there.
Find out more at www.davidreneke.com.au
Image by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html
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