14 DAY TRIAL // Using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), experts at NASA were recently able to capture a detailed view of the Apollo 11 landing site, where the first human walked on the surface of the Moon.
This site is located in Mare Tranquillitatis, a landscape feature on the lunar surface whose name means Sea of Tranquility. Neil Armstrong carried out his famous spacewalk at this location on July 20, 1969.
LRO was able to capture this image from an altitude of just 15 miles (24 kilometers), which gave its instruments an amazing perspective on all the items left behind by the pioneering expedition.
The spacecraft launched on June 18, 2009 at 21:32 UTC, aboard an Atlas V delivery system. Originally scheduled to orbit Earth's natural satellite for just a year, it's nearing the 2-year 9-month milestone, Space reports.