Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2019

MAY-JUNE 2019 ASTRONAUTICS lected to allow it to take images at a low solar angle, allowing it to highlight the relief of the surface. With the orbit plane fixed in space, the point of perilune would have migrated towards more western longitudes during the rotation of the Moon and, after 10 days, the A POLLO 11 − An iconic image: Aldrin photographed by Armstrong (visible in the visor). [NASA, Project Apollo Archive] A POLLO 11 − Aldrin near a lunar module footpad. [NASA, Project Apollo Archive]