Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Brilliant sunlight glints off tracks gently winding across the the Moon's Frau Maro highlands . The MET was designed as an aid to surface exploration. Serving as a workbench with a place for the lunar handtools, it also carried cameras, sample containers, spare film and a Lunar Surface Penetrometer. The path outlined in the lunar soil leads away from Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell's Lunar landing Module, tracing the path of their first venture across the lunar landscape .
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