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Views from human and robotic explorers on the lunar surface.

An astronaut in a white spacesuit stands with his shovel poised above the lunar surface.

Collecting Lunar Rake Samples (Apollo 17)

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A man stands next to a large builder on the lunar surface. A Moon rover is shown in the foreground.

Harrison Schmitt Busy on the Moon (Apollo 17)

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Astronaut on Moon holding antenna with distant Earth in the background

Earth Above Lunar Roving Vehicle Antenna (Apollo 17)

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The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a high-speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the "Grand Prix" run during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera held by astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr.

Lunar Grand Prix (Apollo 16)

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An astronaut is standing on the Moon next to a moon buggy rover. A big hill looms in the background.

Working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (Apollo 15)

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View from surface of lunar crater. The foreground looks like an expanse of rocky rubble. In the background, lighter-colored, dune-shaped hills rise under a dark sky.

View of a Relatively Fresh Lunar Crater (Apollo 15)

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Astronaut driving rover on the Moon

David Scott in the Lunar Roving Vehicle (Apollo 15)

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Astronaut on the lunar surface, taking a photograph. Rolling hills line the horizon in the background.

Exploring Hadley Delta (Apollo 15)

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Lunar surface experiments package deployed on Moon

Lunar Surface Experiments Package (Apollo 14)

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Lunar module on the moon, backlit, casting a deep shadow towards the viewer

Antares Lunar Module on the Moon (Apollo 14)

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Astronaut Alan Bean inspects Surveyor 3 on the Moon.

Visiting an Old Friend (Apollo 12)

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Astronaut collecting samples on the Moon

Collecting Lunar Soil (Apollo 12)

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A striped bootprint is pressed into the powdery lunar soil.

Astronaut Bootprint in the Lunar Soil (Apollo 11)

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smiling astronaut inside spacecraft

Neil Armstrong in Lunar Module (Apollo 11)

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Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)

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Man in a white spacesuit stands on the Moon's surface facing a U.S. flag. The side of the lunar lander is visible.

Tranquility Base: The First Steps (Apollo 11)

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Image of Surveyor 1's shadow against the lunar surface in the late lunar afternoon, with the horizon at the upper right. Surveyor 1, the first of the Surveyor missions to make a successful soft landing, proved the spacecraft design and landing technique

Surveyor 1's Shadow

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