National Geographic UK - July 2019

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LCROSS, 7/31/1999

Centaur Impactor

10/9/2009

Apollo 15

7/30/1971

Apollo 16

4/21/1972

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2/2/1964

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1/15/1973

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12/11/1972

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2/21/1972

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7/21/1969

Luna 23

11/6/1974

Luna 24

8/18/1976

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2/3/1966

Luna 8

12/6/1965

Luna 13

12/24/1966

Luna 7

10/7/1965

SMART-1

9/3/2006

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6/2/1966

Luna 17

11/17/1970

Hiten

4/10/1993

Chang’e 3

12/14/2013

GRAIL A (Ebb)

GRAIL B (Flow)

12/17/2012

Apollo 12

11/19/1969

Luna 5

5/12/1965

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Apollo 14

2/5/1971

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1/10/1968

Ranger 9

3/24/1965

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7/17/1967

Chandrayaan-1

Moon Impact Probe

11/14/2008

SELENE/Kaguya

6/10/2009

Luna 18

9/11/1971

Surveyor 3

4/20/1967

Surveyor 6

11/10/1967

0 °

EQUATOR

East

Longitude

West

Longitude

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30 °

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South Pole

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-15,000

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0 *

United States (U.S.)

Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)/Russia

China

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European Space Agency (ESA)

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Lunar missions

Lunar topography (in feet)

LAMBERT AZIMUTHAL EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION

0 mi 400

0 km 400

NEW PHASE OF

EXPLORATION

National Geographic has always been

at the forefront of lunar mapping.

As the Apollo program closed in on its

goal, cartographers relied on photos

from 1966 and 1967 orbiter missions to

create the February 1969 hand- painted

map—considered the best reference

at the time. Our newest version uses

a mosaic of some 15,000 images and

detailed height measurements from

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,

which has surveyed the entire surface.

The moon is peppered with probes

and landers, the legacy of human

efforts to explore it.

FAMILIAR FACE

With the moon gravitationally

locked, the near side always faces

the Earth. Its circular plains—called

maria, from Latin for seas—formed

when lava filled impact basins.

Near side

*As the m oon has no sea level, zero is

set where a sphere with a 1,079-mile

radius would intersect the surface.

A larger version of this map can be

purchased at: natgeo.com/spacemaps.