The Google search engine has posted an interactive map of the
Moon showing the six Apollo landing sites in honour of the first
lunar landing 36 years ago. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin piloted Apollo 11's Eagle lunar module to
the Moon's Sea of Tranquillity, becoming the first two humans to
set foot on another celestial body. They stayed on the surface
for 21.6 hours, while their fellow astronaut, Michael Collins,
orbited above them. Google Moon can be accessed by clicking on
the temporary Moon logo on the Google homepage or by visiting
http://moon.google.com. It uses NASA pictures of the Moon,
contrasting the severely pockmarked polar regions with the
relatively smooth mid-latitudes, where all of the Apollo
missions landed. The map allows you to zoom in or out on the
various landing sites. But if you zoom in too close, you might
be in for a surprise. Google says the resolution of the original
NASA images limits how close it can zoom in on the surface. In a
humorous vein, the site sa