Until 1964, no closeup photographs of the lunar surface existed, only those obtained by Earth-based telescopes ... landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact ...

Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The shadow of the Lunar ...