05/29/2026
Although there are still some people who do not believe astronauts landed on the Moon during the 6 successful Apollo landing missions 🫤🙄... here is the proof -- a photo of each site that shows the Lunar Lander which is still there, foot tracks of the astronauts and tracks of the 3 lunar rovers they drove (last 3 missions), some of the science experiments placed on the surface, and even the uncrewed Surveyor lander that helped mission planners learn about the potential landing sites before any crewed landings were attempted. The high resolution photos were captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) during a series of low passes over each site. By the way, LRO is still operating and sending back incredible images of the entire Moon, and those images are not only helping scientists learn about the Moon they are also being used to plan Artemis landing missions!
Shown here are all six Apollo manned lunar landing sites imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which went into orbit about the Moon in June 2009 to gather data to aid scientists and engineers in planning NASA’s return to the Moon with robots and astronauts. The Apollo and Luna sites are of great interest for historic, scientific, engineering and cartographic endeavors. On 10 Aug. 2011 a special pair of station-keeping maneuvers were performed that placed LRO into an orbit such that the lowest altitude during the next month was close to 22 km above the surface – just over 72,000 ft, or only twice as high as a commercial jetliner typically flies. The maneuvers were planned such that low passes occurred over historic landing sites of the Apollo, Surveyor, and Luna spacecraft. The descent stages of the Lunar Modules, astronaut track and various experimental equipment are clearly visible at the Apollo sites.
