10 stunning images of moon captured by NASA 

Here are 10 mesmerising images of the moon captured by NASA 

1. NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth's Moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97

2. A close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon.

3. During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of white flares from the surface

4. Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.

5. Lunar Orbiter 2 oblique northward view towards Copernicus crater on the Moon shows crater wall slumping caused by soil liquefaction following the impact that formed the crater. 

6. One of the STS-103 astronauts inside Discovery's cabin took this image of the full moon backdropped against the blackness of space over Earth's horizon.

7. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

8. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon.

9. A view of the lunar north pole, captured by NASA. 

10. The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle.

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from NASA