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Moon. Exploration of Apollo. Apollo 11 Apollo 15 Launched: 16 July 1969 Launched: 26 July 1971 Landed: 20 July 1969 Landed: 30 July 1971 Base: Mare Tranquillitaties Base: Hadley Rille
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Exploration of Apollo Apollo11Apollo 15 Launched: 16 July 1969 Launched: 26 July 1971 Landed: 20 July 1969 Landed: 30 July 1971 Base: Mare Tranquillitaties Base: Hadley Rille Return: 24 July 1969 Return: 7 August 1971 Apollo 12Apollo 16 Launched: 14 November 1969 Launched: 16 April 1972 Landed: 19 November 1969 Landed: 21 April 1972 Base: Oceanus Procellarum Base: Descartes Return: 24 November 1969 Return: 27 April 1972 Apollo 14Apollo 17 Launched: 31 January 1971 Launched: 7 December 1972 Landed: 5 February 1971 Landed: 11 December 1972 Base: Fra Mauro Base: Taurus-Littrow Return: 9 February 1971 Return: 19 December 1972
Moon information • The Moon makes one full orbit around the Earth every 29.5 days. During this period the Moon enters a different place, which changes the amount of light reflected off its surface and its visible shape to the naked eye from Earth. The Moon differs from most natural satellites of in the planets that its orbit is close to the plane of the ecliptic and not in the Earth's equatorial plane. • Exploration of the moon began in 1959 when the Luna 2 landed on its surface. Luna 2 was closely followed by Luna 3 in late 1959, which obtained the first images of the took far side of the moon, and the first people to land on the Moon came onApollo 11 on that night in 1969.