Traces on the Moon
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Traces on the Moon

Presenting official, verifiable evidence of human presence on the Moon from the Apollo missions.

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  • Moon Map
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Learn

  • How We Know
  • Apollo sites from orbit
  • Retroreflectors
  • Orbital Imagery

Official Sources

  • NASA Apollo Program
  • LROC Mission
  • NSSDC Archive

Explorer

Landed July 20, 1969

Apollo 11

Sea of Tranquility

Mare Tranquillitatis

0.6742°, 23.4731°

Overview atlas — modest zoom. LRO-scale maps and evidence live in site detail.

Reading the map

Dots mark Apollo landings. Lighter names place each site near major maria and highlands.

Landing marker
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Apollo landing sites — shown on the map

Landed July 20, 1969

Apollo 11

Sea of Tranquility

Landing coordinates

0.67416°, 23.47314°

Crew

CommanderNeil A. Armstrong
CM PilotMichael Collins
LM PilotEdwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Evidence at site

LROC orbital imagerySurface photographyLaser retroreflectorALSEP instruments

First lunar landing mission: Armstrong and Aldrin landed LM Eagle at Tranquility Base, completed one surface EVA, deployed the first passive seismic package and laser retroreflector, and returned 21.55 kg of documented samples while Collins orbited in Columbia.

Sources

  • NASA — Apollo 11 mission summary
  • LROC — Apollo 11 featured site
  • LROC — “A Stark Beauty” (low-altitude NAC)
  • Apollo Lunar Surface Journal — Apollo 11
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