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Article: Apollo Lunar Landing Sites
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Apollo Lunar Landing Sites
The specific locations of the first two Apollo landing sites were selected mainly for reasons related to safety and orbital timing and partly for political reasons. In later missions, scientific objectives became an increasingly important factor. To enable direct communications and maximize safety, all six piloted Apollo landing missions were on the continuously Earth-facing side of the Moon because the farside terrain was not well known and because there were no relay satellites to enable continuous contact for a far-side landing. The Apollo landing sites were located relatively near the equator within what was known as the "Apollo Zone." This area had been ...
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