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Apollo 18 (2011)

Earth → Moon orbit → Moon → Moon orbit

December 1974, two years after Apollo 17; the landing is said to be on 25 December. 444,328 km in all on the map.

MoonEarth12To scale, seen from above.Date unknown: the Moon's place on its orbit is arbitrary; the ship takes the most efficient orbit.The swing around the Moon is drawn wider than it was.
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On the Moon
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    Kennedy Space Center Earth · 1974

    The cancelled mission flies in secret for the Department of Defense.

    Saturn V, Apollo 18 · 444,328 km

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    Freedom in lunar orbit Moon, orbit · date unknown

    Grey stays in the command module while Walker and Anderson go down.

    Lunar module Liberty

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    Liberty's landing site, near the south pole Moon · date unknown

    They set up the detector, find an abandoned Soviet LK and a dead cosmonaut, and something in the rocks.

    Soviet LK lander

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    Collision with Freedom Moon, orbit · date unknown

    Anderson launches in the Soviet lander and, infected, crashes into the command module.