From The Archives: First Manned Lunar Mission Returns Wealth Of Surface Feature Detail

Read our special report on the Apollo 8 mission, in which we publish crew images that show, in close proximity, the lunar landscape with striking detail of the Moon's topography. 

We reported that there were indications that the Moon's crater walls had collapsed on the interior, forming terraces as surface material slid downward. 

See our picture story of the first manned lunar mission on page 16 in our issue dated January 6, 1969.

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