T O T H E MOON AND BACK
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A Astronauts captured spectacular
views of the rugged lunar surface
in sharp detail. Here, prominent
rilles — long, narrow grooves —
appear in the Herigonius region,
photographed from lunar orbit
during the Apollo 16 mission.B Neil Armstrong waits inside
the lunar module after landing
on the surface.C The crater Eratosthenes, as seen
from the Apollo 12 command module.D Tracks made by Apollo 14’s
hand cart — carried by astronauts
Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell
in 1971 — wind their way away
from the lunar module.E Apollo 17’s Harrison Schmitt, the
only scientist to walk on the moon,
sits in the lunar rover on one of his
three moonwalks.F The Apollo 16 lunar module, seen
from the command module shortly
before docking, shows several
of its outer thermal blankets torn
loose due to the forces involved
in launching from the lunar surface.A BCD