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XRS :
X-ray Spectrometer

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Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

MI :
Multi band Imager

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Spectral Profiler

TC :
Terrain Camera

LRS :
Lunar Radar Sounder

LALT :
Laser Altimeter

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Lunar Magnetometer

CPS :
Charged Particle Spectrometer

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Plasma energy Angle and Composition Experiment

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Radio Science

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Upper-atmosphere and Plasma Imager

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Four way Doppler measurements by Relay satellite and Main Orbiter

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Differential VLBI Radio Source

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Apollo 15 Landing Site(2/4)

Updated : 2008.06.13

Observation date : 2008.02.24

During the Apollo 15 mission, astronauts also collected samples of mare basalt near the Hadley Rille. They confirmed that the Mare Imbrium was composed of many layers of lava flows, from several to ten meters in depth. The 3D view of the TC looking at the southeast direction from the northwest clearly shows the layers of lava flows on the upper parts of the rille's wall. These layers were probably formed approximately 3.2 billion years ago.