Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama
Before Apollo 11 launched and landed on the moon, the scientists at NASA needed to map out the surface of the moon so that they would know where would be the best spot to land the spacecraft. In order to do that they launched five satellites to orbit the moon and used the photographs taken by the orbiters to calculate the best spot for the landing of Apollo 11.
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