Spacecraft photos show the lunar module from the first two moon landings more than 50 years later.

The latest photograph taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft. It clearly shows the landing sites of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 more than 50 years later.

The photo was taken by the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft in April 2021 and was shared on Curiosity’s X page, which posts about space exploration, on Wednesday.

“Pictures of Apollo 11 and 12 taken by India’s Moon spacecraft disagree with denial of lunar landing,” Curiosity wrote on X, along with an overhead photo showing the lander on the ground. lunar surface

Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, making Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first humans to walk on its surface.

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The latest photograph taken by the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft. It clearly shows the landing sites of Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 more than 50 years later. (Indian Space Research Organization)

Astronaut Michael Collins, the third man on the Apollo 11 mission, remained in orbit while Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the moon.

The lunar module, known as Eagle, was left in lunar orbit after it reunited with the Collins command module the next day, and Eagle eventually returned to the lunar surface.

Apollo 12 was NASA’s second mission to land on the moon on Nov. 1. On September 19, 1969, Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan Bean became The third and fourth men were able to walk on its surface.

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin conducts a series of scientific experiments on the lunar surface. In the background is the lunar module. The same is true of the United States flag. (Photo by Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images) (Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images)

Apollo missions continued until December 1972, when the project closed. and astronaut Eugene Cernan also became the last man to walk on the moon.

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Chandrayaan-2 Mission It was launched on July 22, 2019, 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission and two years before the 1969 lunar landing was recorded.

In addition to NASA’s Apollo 12 ‘Intrepid Lunar Module’, American astronaut Alan Bean loaded equipment from the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) onto the lunar surface on November 19, 1969. (NASA/Temporary Archive/Getty Images)

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India also launched Chandrayaan-3 satellite. last year It became the first mission to successfully land on the moon’s south pole.