Lunar Landscapes Gallery

Realistic topographic models























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APOLLO 14: Fra Mauro highlands (December 2014) |
APOLLO 11: Sea of Tranquillity (January 2011, extended October 2012) |
Photos from the Sea of Tranquillity |
APOLLO 15: Hadley Rille and Apennine Mountains (August 2011) |
APOLLO 16: Descartes Highlands (October 2012) |
APOLLO 17: Taurus-Littrow Valley (March 2010) |

A brief description of the different models

To look at the models of the different sites, click the links above. More descriptions of the landing sites, traverses, and of the landing itself, can be found here.

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  • Fra Mauro highlands / Cone Crater / Apollo 14, February 1971

  • The Apollo 14 Lunar Module Antares landed on February 5, 1971, in the Fra Mauro region. This formation forms a broad belt surrounding Mare Imbrium and is believed to be material that was excavated by a large impact that formed the Imbrium basin. The model measures 0.6 x 1.2 meters, with a scale of 1:1500, so 1 cm is 15 meters in the terrain, extending from the LM to the Cone Crater.

  • Taurus-Littrow Valley / Apollo 17, December 1972

  • The Taurus-Littrow model is on a scale of 1:20000, or 1 cm in the model is 200 meters on the moon. The model is 1.2 x 1.2 meters and covers a lunar area of 24 x 24 kilometers. The background picture is the Sculptured Hills and North Massif seen from behind Family Mountain. Marker pins in the landscape show where the astronauts took samples of the surface.

  • Descartes Highlands / Apollo 16, April 1972

  • The model of the landing area in the Descartes Highlands is on a scale of 1:10000, or 1 cm in the model is 100 meters on the moon. The model is 1.2 x 1.2 meters and covers a lunar area of 12 x 12 kilometers. Marker pins in the landscape show the stations during the three EVA's over three days.

  • Hadley Rille /Apennine Mountains / Apollo 15, July/August 1971

  • The model of the Hadley Rille /Apennine Mountains is on a scale of 1:50000, or 1 cm in the model is 500 meters on the moon. The model is 1.2 x 1.2 meters and covers a lunar area of 60 x 60 kilometers. Marker pins in the landscape show the stations during the three EVA's over three days. The Rille is about 1500 meters wide and 300 meters deep, and it is an old, collapsed lava tube.

  • Sea of Tranquility / Apollo 11, July 1969

  • This model is with the LM Eagle, and measures 1.2 x 0.6 meters, and covers from the TV camera and to the seismomenter, about 60 x 30 meters.