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Why there are no stars in American photos of the Moon
All NASA astronauts landed on the Moon during the day, when it was too bright to see stars with the naked eye, and they didn't intend to take pictures of the stars.
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All NASA astronauts landed on the Moon during the day, when it was too bright to see stars with the naked eye, and they didn't intend to take pictures of the stars.
China's experimental lunar satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar navigation and communications technology.
By taking and composing images from countless different frames, the American photographer has created the most authentic Moon image in the world.
For the first time, the spacecraft orbits the Mars Odyssey orbit of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) that captured the full moon image from Mars's Phobos Moon.