Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
In 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the Surveyor 3 landing site in some detail, in which surrounding astronaut foot tracks could also be seen. In 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter returned to the landing site at a lower altitude to take higher resolution photographs.
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“A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
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