A LUNAR WORLD TOUR

1 Oceanus Procellarum This mare is so large that it was deemed an ocean, covering about 4,000,000 square kilometres (1,500,000 square miles). 2 Luna 9 This site marks the first soft landing of an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon, launched by the Soviet space program on 31 January 1966. 3 Surveyor 1 The first American soft Moon landing happened here, launched on 30 May 1966. 4 Copernicus This crater is well known because it can be easily seen from Earth. It is a younger crater, about 800 million years old, with a prominent system of ejecta rays. 5 Vallis Alpes This lunar valley bisects a mountain range called the Montes Alpes, and extends 166 kilometres (103 miles). 6 Montes Apenninus This mountain range is about 600 kilometres (370 miles) long…

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