Recent images taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s lunar orbiter known as Chandrayaan 2 clearly show Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later.
The photos were taken by the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter in April 2021 and were reshared on Curiosity’s X page – which posts about space exploration – on Wednesday.
“Image of Apollo 11 and 12 taken by Indian lunar orbiter. Disapproving moon landing deniers,” Curiosity wrote on X, along with the overhead photos showing the landing vehicles on the moon. surface of the moon.
Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first men to walk the surface.
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Recent images taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s lunar orbiter known as Chandrayaan 2 clearly show the landing sites of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 more than 50 years later. (Indian Space Research Organization)
Astronaut Michael Collins, the third man on the Apollo 11 mission, remained in orbit while Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the moon.
The lunar module, known as Eagle, was left in lunar orbit after it rendezvoused with the command module where Collins was located the next day, and Eagle eventually landed back on the moon’s surface.
Apollo 12 was NASA’s second manned mission to land on the moon on November 19, 1969, with Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan Bean becoming the third and fourth men to walk on the surface.
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin deploys a science experiment kit to the moon’s surface. The Lunar Module can be seen in the background, as well as a United States flag. (Photo by Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images) (Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images)
The Apollo missions continued until December 1972, when the program was halted and astronaut Eugene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon.
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The Chandrayaan-2 mission was launched on July 22, 2019, exactly 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission and two years before images were captured from the 1969 lunar landers.
Next to NASA’s Apollo 12 ‘Intrepid’ Lunar Module, American astronaut Alan Bean loads equipment from the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the surface of the moon, November 19, 1969. (NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
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India also launched Chandrayaan-3 last year, which became the first mission to successfully land on the moon’s south pole.
