In today's image, we see the Apollo 17 Lunar Module about an orbit before it would land on the surface of the Moon. This was the final landing of the Apollo program, now 50 years ago in Dec 1972. The image is in 3D and can best be viewed with red/blue 3D glasses.

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This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.

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