Moon map grid showing artificial objects on moon

This is a partial list of artificial materials left on the Moon, many during the missions of the Apollo program. The table below does not include lesser Apollo mission artificial objects, such as a hammer and other tools, retroreflectors,

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) comprised a set of scientific instruments placed by the astronauts at the landing site of each of the five Apollo missions to land on the Moon following Apollo 11 (Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, ...

s, or the commemorative, artistic, and personal objects left by the twelve Apollo astronauts, such as the

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, the commemorative plaques attached to the ladders of the six

Apollo Lunar Module The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed ...

s, the silver

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left by Alan Bean in honor of Clifton C. Williams whom he replaced, the Bible left by David Scott, the '' Fallen Astronaut'' statuette and memorial plaque placed by the crew of

Apollo 15 Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to Moon landing, land on the Moon. It was the first List of Apollo missions#Alphabetical mission types, J mission, with a ...

, the Apollo 11 goodwill messages disc, or the golf balls Alan Shepard hit during an

Apollo 14 Apollo 14 (January 31, 1971February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the " H missions", landings at s ...

moonwalk. Five S-IVB third stages of Saturn V rockets from the Apollo program crashed into the Moon, and are the heaviest human-made objects on the lunar surface. Humans have left over of material on the Moon. Besides the 2019 Chinese rover '' Yutu-2'', the only artificial objects on the Moon that are still in use are the retroreflectors for the lunar laser ranging experiments left there by the Apollo 11, 14, and 15 astronauts, and by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 and Lunokhod 2 missions.Slava G. Turyshev – ''From Quantum to Cosmos: Fundamental Physics Research in Space'' (2009) – Page 300
/ref> Objects at greater than 90 degrees east or west are on the far side of the Moon, including Ranger 4, Lunar Orbiter 1, Lunar Orbiter 2, Lunar Orbiter 3, and the lunar rover '' Yutu-2''.

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References

External links

NASA catalogue of manmade material on the Moon

''Lunar Litter'': A short film about debris left behind on manned Moon missions
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