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60 years ago: Ranger 8 moon photos aid in Apollo site selection
The last image, taken at an altitude ... landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969. One more Ranger mission ...
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Chang'e-3 and Apollo Mission Landing Sites (IMAGE)
Chang'e-3 landing site is indicated with a white square in this lunar map, a mosaic made with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Wide Angle Camera. The landing sites of the Apollo missions are in red.
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 14, 1969 (UPI) -Launch crews, undismayed by an apparent Soviet gamble to upstage them, turned on Apollo 11's vital ... Astronauts view lunar landing site SPACE CENTER, Houston, July 19,1969 ...
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 14, 1969 (UPI) -Launch crews, undismayed by an apparent Soviet gamble to upstage them, turned on Apollo 11's vital ... Astronauts view lunar landing site SPACE CENTER, Houston, July 19,1969 ...