Aldrin on the Moon photographed by Armstrong on the Apollo mission XXI (Nasa) 40 years ago July 16, 1969 The Saturn V spacecraft sent to the moon by Apollo 11 , whose lunar module Eagle landed four days later south of the Sea of \u200b\u200bTranquillity on the lunar surface would fall Commander Neil A. Armstrong became the first man on the moon.
In 2004 then-President Bush proposed the return of man to the moon but this time for good. The stated objective is to return to the moon by 2018 and build on it a permanent settlement on the same.
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary, has taken a first step, the June 19, 2009 satellite was launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in order to spend two years in a orbit at 50 km from the lunar surface and photograph it for a full high-resolution map in 3D the same, especially at the lunar poles to finding water in them and to identify landing sites for future lunar exploration.
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