Far Side of the Moon
This image of the Moon was obtained by the Galileo Solid State imaging system on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. PST as the Galileo spacecraft passed the Earth and was able to view the lunar surface from a vantage point not possible from the Earth.
On the right-hand side of the image is seen the dark maria of Oceanus Procellarum, also visible from the Earth. The dark spots in the center are Mare Orientale, on the western limb of the nearside of the moon, a region barely visible from the Earth.
This region and the bright far side highlands on the left have not been seen previously by a camera system such as the one on the Galileo spacecraft, which provides multispectral images of the lunar limb and far side which have not previously been obtained. Comparison of such images to those of the near-side areas from which Apollo astronauts have returned samples will help us understand the spectral properties and composition of the lunar far side.
A lunar eclipse photographed on April 14, 2014.
Apollo 8 Astronaut James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launc...
Saturn Apollo Program
The second human lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle.
The Passive Seismic Experiment was the first seismometer placed on the Moon’s surface.
Apollo 11 Seismic Experiment
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, standing on the slope of Hadley Delta, uses a 70mm camera during Apollo 15 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
Astronaut David Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta During Apollo 15 EVA
A brilliant full Moon rises over the Launch Complex 39 area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Full Moon at Kennedy Space Center
The Moon's Hell Q crater, as imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, which is now studying the Moon.
Hell Q Crater
A view of the Moon's largest impact feature, the South Pole–Aitken basin, based on images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The Moon's Largest Basin
Final pictures taken by the Ranger 8 P-camera about 1/2 second before impact.
Final Ranger 8 Pictures Taken 1/2 Second Before Impact
Image of Surveyor 1's shadow against the lunar surface in the late lunar afternoon.
Surveyor 1 Shadow
A close-up view of a footpad and surface sampler with scoop (arm, out of frame) on the Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed by the Apollo 12 astronauts during their second extravehicular ac...
Apollo 12 Mission Image – View of the Surveyor III Craft, Which Landed April 19, 1967
The moon is seen as it rises over the Capitol, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
Supermoon Over the Capitol
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of Apollo 16, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag.
Jumping Salute
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Ape...
Astronaut David Scott Gives Salute Beside U.S. Flag During EVA
The far side of the Moon, illuminated by the Sun, as it crosses between the DISCOVR spacecraft and the Earth.
Moon Crosses in Front of Earth
Lunar Orbiter 1 new of the Moon and crescent Earth. This is the first good image of the Earth taken from the vicinity of the Moon, 380,000 km away.
First View of Earth From the Moon and Oblique View of the Lunar Surface
A full moon rising over Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on September 16th 2016
Launch Complex 34
A full Moon photographed on Jan. 19, 2011.
Full Moon Over the Mountains
These four images were the first taken by the Ranger 8 P-series cameras.
Four Images of Davy Crater Chain and Ptolemaeus Crater From 1300 Km
This photograph of astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, was taken inside the Lunar Module (LM) while the LM rested on the lunar surface.
Neil Armstrong in Lunar Module
Four Ranger 8 Camera P images taken on 20 February 1965 from a distance of 20 km about 9 seconds before impact on the Moon.
This bootprint marks one of the first steps human beings took on the moon in July 1969.
Apollo 11 Bootprint
Impact melt forms a swirled feature in Giordano Bruno crater.
Giordano Bruno Whorl
The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.
Apollo XIII Spacecraft - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean