National Geographic UK - July 2019

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Lunar Orbiter 2

10/11/1967

Lunar Orbiter 1

10/29/1966

Lunar Orbiter 5

1/31/1968

SELENE /Okina

2/12/2009

Lunar Orbiter 3

10/9/1967

LADEE

4/18/2014

Ranger 4

4/26/1962

Chang’e 4

1/3/2019

12 0 °

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South Pole

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0 ° 0 °

EQUATOR

East

Longitude

West

Longitude

150 ° 120 °

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

Apollo 8

Apollo 10, 11, 12

Apollo 13

Apollo 14, 15

Apollo 16, 17

Flyby, orbiter, or test vehicle

Landing or impactor

Mission failure

Country or agency

Mission type

United States (U.S.)

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

China

Japan

European Space Agency (ESA)

India

Israel

South Korea

Planned missions

Highest point

35,387 ft

10,786 m

Lowest point

-30,112 ft

-9,178 m

MATTHEW W. CHWASTYK, NGM STAFF

SOURCES: NASA; GAZETTEER OF PLANETARY

NOMENCLATURE, PLANETARY GEOMATICS GROUP,

USGS; NASA/JPL; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; JOHNS

HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY;

CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON; LISA

GADDIS, USGS ASTROGEOLOGY SCIENCE CENTER

RUGGED REVERSE

The far side is more varied and

pocked with craters than the

flatter near side. The moon’s

features are named for astro-

nauts, scientists, and scholars.

TO THE MOON OR BUST

The prize of the space race—landing

humans on the moon and returning

them home safely—fueled the rivalry

between the U.S. and Soviet Union in

the 1960s. Now robotic missions are

determining whether the moon could

be a stepping-stone for human ven-

tures deeper into the solar system.

FAR side

Catena, catenae : chain of craters

Dorsum, dorsa : ridge

Lacus, lacū s: small plain

Mare, maria : broad, flat plain

Mons, montes : mountain

Palus, paludes : small plain

Rupes, rupēs : steep slope

Sinus, sinū s : small plain

Vallis, valles : valley

All other named

features are craters.

GLOSSARY (Singular, plural)

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