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APOLLO MISSIONS



The lunar landscape is made up of more or less large rocks and dust as was expected by terrestrial observations. The so-called "seas" areas are plains. Apollo 11 landed in a sea of caution. On following missions, the sites were chosen in most troubled regions. 





The images opposite also show that even during the lunar day, the sky is black because of the lack of atmosphere ..

 
Images of the crater area of the cone near the landing area of Apollo 14


 

 
 
Credit : NASA