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==Gallery== <gallery heights="240px" mode="packed"> File:Apollo 11 landing site 5076 med.jpg|[[Lunar Orbiter 5]] image from 1967, cropped to show the vicinity of the landing site of Apollo 11, used in mission planning. The image is centered precisely on a small crater called [[West (lunar crater)|West crater]] (190 m in diameter), and the lunar module ''Eagle'' touched down about 550 m west of West Crater. The area shown is approximately 25 km Γ 25 km across. File:Apollo 11 landing site 5076 h3.jpg|High-resolution Lunar Orbiter 5 image cropped to show the landing site of Apollo 11. The landing site is indicated by a red dot. The prominent crater at right is called [[West (lunar crater)|West crater]] and is about 190 m in diameter. File:Apollo11-LRO-March2012.jpg|[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] photo taken March 7, 2012. The Lunar Module descent stage, [[Lunar Laser Ranging experiment|Laser Ranging RetroReflector]], and [[Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package]] can be clearly seen. The craters [[Little West (lunar crater)|Little West]] (at right) and [[Double (lunar crater)|Double]] (left of LM) are also shown. File:Buzz Aldrin's bootprint on the Moon, AS11-40-5877 (21472308758).jpg|[[Buzz Aldrin]]'s footprint at Tranquility Base (photograph by Aldrin) File:Double aldrin huggin stich2.jpg|Composite image of [[Double (lunar crater)|Double crater]], a few meters from ''Eagle''. Photos by Aldrin. File:Little west Crater composite.jpg|Composite image of [[Little West (lunar crater)|Little West Crater]], app. 60 meters from ''Eagle''. Photos by Armstrong. File:Apollo 15 Hasselblad image from film magazine 97 O - lunar orbit view.jpg|Orbital photo from [[Apollo 15]] showing the landing site just below center. The bright crater is [[Moltke (crater)|Moltke]]. </gallery>
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