What has been left on the Moon by humans?

Some of it is waste from the trip that the astronauts dumped when they got to their destination. Aside from trash—from food packaging to wet wipes—nearly 100 packets of human urine and excrement have been discarded. The Apollo astronauts also dumped tools and television equipment that they no longer needed.
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Can you see items left on the moon?

That means that there would be no way to discern the Lunar Excursion Module or any of the other equipment left on the moon. It is just too small to pick up, even with the world's best telescope.
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What did Neil Armstrong leave on the moon?

According to reports, the six Apollo missions left 96 bags of human waste on the moon. Later missions even left Lunar Roving Buggies on the surface to make room for samples.
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Has a Bible been left on the Moon?

Two hundred of the bibles were kept aboard the Apollo 14 command module "Kitty Hawk," which remained in lunar orbit. The remaining 100 descended to the moon's surface with Mitchell and mission commander Alan Shepard on board the lunar module "Antares" to the Fra Mauro lunar highlands.
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Are there bodies in space?

Human remains are generally not scattered in space so as not to contribute to space debris. Remains are sealed until the spacecraft burns up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere or they reach their extraterrestrial destinations.
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Astronauts left poop on the moon. We should go get it.



Can you see the flag on the moon from Earth with a telescope?

Yes, the flag is still on the moon, but you can't see it using a telescope. I found some statistics on the size of lunar equipment in a Press Kit for the Apollo 16 mission. The flag is 125 cm (4 feet) long, and you would need an optical wavelength telescope around 200 meters (~650 feet) in diameter to see it.
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Are there nail clippers on the moon?

Rather than bring used cleaning supplies home on the return trip, astronauts have abandoned numerous everyday items on the surface. The list includes earplugs, towels, soap, nail clippers, watchbands, gloves, and boots.
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What did Apollo 17 find on the moon?

The crew collected the oldest known unshocked lunar rock, which suggests that the Moon had a dynamo-generated magnetic field in its past. They also obtained samples of “orange soil” containing volcanic glass from an explosive eruptionm, as well as deploying scientific experiments.
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Why did NASA stop exploring the Moon?

Apollo 17 became the last manned mission to the Moon, for an indefinite amount of time. The main reason for this was money. The cost of getting to the Moon was, ironically, astronomical.
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Why do we not go back to the Moon?

Human Moon landings require more resources than robotic landings, since humans require water, oxygen, food, and other amenities to remain alive. That said, several nations—including private companies from those nations—are working on robotic Moon initiatives that could support future human missions.
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Why did Apollo 18 get Cancelled?

Finally NASA cancelled Apollo 18 and 19 on 2 September 1970 because of congressional cuts in FY 1971 NASA appropriations. There was also a feeling after the Apollo 13 emergency that NASA risked having its entire manned space program cancelled if a crew was lost on another Apollo mission.
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Is there vomit on the Moon?

Some parts of the Moon are, quite literally, covered in human waste. By some counts there are 96 packets of human excrement, urine and vomit on the lunar surface left by the 12 Apollo astronauts who briefly called it home.
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How much stuff did we leave on the Moon?

It was important to lighten the load as they left the lunar surface. In the Apollo missions that followed, many things were left on the Moon, adding up to an estimated 400,000 pounds of stuff.
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How many items have been left on the Moon?

O'Leary should know: she is one of a team who worked to compile all the objects left behind by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing. All told, the group identified an eclectic list of 106 objects, plus the footprints marking Armstrong and Aldrin's steps.
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Who owns the Moon?

The short answer is that no one owns the Moon. That's because of a piece of international law. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967, put forward by the United Nations, says that space belongs to no one country.
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Can you see footprints on the Moon from Earth?

In reality, all Earth-based telescopes have a much lower practical magnification limit around 300 times. This means that under typical seeing conditions from the surface of the Earth and using a large telescope, the footprints on the surface of the moon are something like 1,000 times too small to be seen.
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How many countries have walked on the Moon?

Only seven nations have been to the moon. Only seven nations (or political unions) have been to or orbited the moon so far as part of a successful or semi-successful mission – and the runner-up doesn't even exist anymore.
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How many bags of poop are on the moon?

The six Apollo missions that landed on the moon produced 96 bags of waste. According to the NASA History Office, white jettison bags, or trash bags, are definitely still on the moon, some containing astronaut poop.
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Where is the moon buggy now?

The maps were brought back to Earth and are now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Is the Apollo 11 plaque still on the moon?

The Lunar plaques are stainless steel commemorative plaques measuring 9 by 75⁄8 inches (22.9 by 19.4 cm) attached to the ladders on the descent stages of the United States Apollo Lunar Modules flown on lunar landing missions Apollo 11 through Apollo 17, to be left permanently on the lunar surface.
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Who was the first person to pee on the moon?

Buzz Aldrin was the first man to pee on the moon.
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What happens to poop in space?

In the absence of gravity, space toilets use air flow to pull urine and feces away from the body and into the proper receptacles.
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Did Apollo 23 explode?

Rocket. Apollo 23 was an aborted mission as the Saturn V was destroyed before launch on August 24, 1974 in an explosion that killed 12 NASA staff, including Gene Kranz.
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Is Apollo 18 on Netflix real?

However, it has been promoted as a "found footage" film that does not use actors. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dimension Films head Bob Weinstein "balk[ed] at the idea" that the film was a work of fiction, stating that "We didn't shoot anything; we found it.
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