Recent photos taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s lunar orbiter, known as Chandrayaan-2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later.
The photo was taken by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in April 2021 and reshared on Curiosity’s X page, which posts about space exploration, on Wednesday.
“Images of Apollo 11 and 12 taken by India’s lunar orbiter. Condemns those who deny the moon landing,” Curiosity wrote on X, along with an overhead photo of the lunar lander.
Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, making Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first humans to walk on the moon.
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Recent photos taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s lunar orbiter, known as Chandrayaan-2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. (Indian Space Research Organization)
Astronaut Michael Collins, the third person on the Apollo 11 mission, remained in orbit while Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the moon.
The lunar module, known as Eagle, remained in lunar orbit after rendezvousing with Collins’ command module the next day, and Eagle eventually landed on the moon’s surface.
Apollo 12 was NASA’s second manned mission to land on the moon on November 19, 1969, making Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan Bean the third and fourth moon walkers.
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin deploys a scientific experiment package to the moon’s surface. In the background is the Lunar Module and the American flag. (Photo by Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images) (Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images)
The Apollo program lasted until December 1972, when it was canceled and astronaut Eugene Cernan became the last person to walk on the moon.
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The Chandrayaan-2 mission launched on July 22, 2019, exactly 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission and two years before the 1969 Lunar Module image was captured.
American astronaut Alan Bean unloads equipment from the Modular Equipment Storage Assembly (MESA) on the lunar surface next to NASA’s Apollo 12 “Intrepid” lunar module on November 19, 1969. (NASA/Interim Archive/Getty Images)
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India also launched Chandrayaan-3 last year, becoming the first mission to successfully land on the moon’s south pole.
