BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Apollo 16

MOON LANDING · into the highlands
Apollo 16
AI illustration of the real object
DATE April 1972SITE the bright Descartes highlands

The first landing in the Moon's bright, ancient highlands. Scientists expected volcanic rocks; John Young and Charles Duke found impact rocks instead, rewriting ideas about how the highlands formed, which is exactly why you go and look. Duke left a family photo on the surface, where it still lies in the dust.

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