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Interactive photo-map — Tranquility Base

The only direct image of the Apollo 11 hardware as it sits on the Moon — the 2011 LROC NAC frame at ~25 cm/pixel, served here at its full 4000 × 2400 px resolution. Drag to pan; pinch, scroll, or use the buttons to zoom. Click any marker to identify it, or click a name in the feature key to fly to it on the map. The Landing site and Full frame views frame the walked area and the whole orbital frame; the scale bar tracks the zoom.

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LROC NAC frame M175124932R: Tranquility Base from orbit, with the LM descent stage, the EASEP experiments, and Little West crater. NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.

Base image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University · LROC NAC frame M175124932R (2011, ~25 cm/px, north up). Marker placement per the photo-map analysis.

  1. 1 visible 102:45:40 GET

    The brightest object in the frame — where Eagle set down.

    Lunar Module Eagle

  2. 2 visible 111:02–111:12 GET

    Two bright dots ~24 m south of the LM — the laser retroreflector and the seismometer.

    RetroreflectorSeismometerEASEP

  3. 3 visible ~111:16 GET

    ~60 m east; Armstrong jogged here late in the EVA — his track is visible.

    Field geologyEVA timeline

  4. 4 approx 109:37:08 GET

    The first grab sample, taken immediately in front of the LM.

    Sample collection

  5. 5 approx 110:35:56 GET

    ~20 scoops near the MESA, west-northwest of the LM.

    Sample collection

  6. 6 approx 111:16–111:26 GET

    The truncated final sampling and both drive tubes, within a few metres of the LM — drawn at the PSR’s placement; the record itself disagrees north vs. south.

    Plan vs. actual EVADiscrepancy ledger

  7. 7 approx —

    Picked up between the LM and the double crater to the southwest.

    Field geology

  8. 8 approx 110:09 · 109:58 · ~109:30 GET

    Below image resolution; placed from the PSR traverse map.

    CeremonialSolar windTV