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This narrated "best-of" tour of the moon includes photos of Orientale Basin, Shackleton crater, South Pole-Aitken Basin, Tycho crater, Aristarchus Plateau, Mare Serenitatis, Compton-Belkovich ...
The impressive Tsiolkovsky Crater, first identified by Luna 3, is over 100 miles (160 km) wide and has a central peak that rises some 10,500 feet (3,200 m) above the crater floor.
A = Mare Moscoviense, B = Tsiolkovsky Crater with central peak, C = Mare Smythii (on the near side-far side border) and D = Mare Crisium (near side). Credit: Roscosmos.
View Crater Tsiolkovsky, the most striking feature of the backside of the Moon, as first seen by humans, 21-27 December 1968 by NASA and Frank Borman on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots ...
South Korea’s first lunar orbiter is already making great strides. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), which is also known as Danuri, reached lunar orbit in mid-December of 2022.
The most prominent crater on the far side of the moon bears his name, as does asteroid 1590 Tsiolkovsky. Tsiolkovsky died at home on Sept. 19, 1935 at the age of 78. Quotes by Tsiolkovsky ...
Visible lunar features in the image include the Straight Wall (Rupes Recta), Rima Birt (Birt Rille), the Apelles-Telgis crater, the Brill crater, and other lunar surface characteristics.