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Astronomy Picture of the Day
From the Moon to the Earth
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20.07.2009 00:00
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From the Moon to the Earth
Explanation: After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that
humanity
has the ability to go beyond the confines of
planet Earth
, the first humans to walk on another world --
Neil Armstrong
and
Buzz Aldrin
-- flew the ascent stage of their
Lunar Module
back to meet
Michael Collins
in the moon-orbiting
Command and Service Module
.
Pictured above
on 1969 July 21, the ascending spaceship was
captured
by Collins making its
approach
, with the Moon below, and
Earth far
in the distance. Tomorrow marks the
40th anniversary
of the
first human moon landing
. Recently, NASA's moon-orbiting
Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter
sent back the
first pictures of most of the Apollo landing sites
-- including
Apollo 11
-- with enough resolution to see the Lunar Module descent stages left behind. digg_url = 'http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090719.html'; digg_skin = 'compact';
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