Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later

Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later

Astronauts first walked on the moon in July 1969 and again on the November 1969 Apollo 12 mission

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. (India Space Research Organization )

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin deploys a scientific experiment package on the surface of the moon. In the background is the Lunar Module, as is a flag of the United States. (Photo by Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images) (Neil Armstrong/NASA/Getty Images)

Beside NASA's Apollo 12 'Intrepid' Lunar Module, American astronaut Alan Bean unloads equipment from the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the surface of the moon, November 19, 1969. (NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)