The Moon is the nearest member of the Solar system to Earth. Humans from the earliest times have found the Moon to be an object of great interest and a source of speculation as to the meaning of the light and dark markings on its surface. The discovery of the telescope and its use by Galileo in 1610 to observe the Moon set these speculations at rest by revealing the true nature of the Moon’s surface. As telescopes improved so did our knowledge of the Moon’s features. The Moon is also the only body in the Solar system (apart from Earth itself) on which humans have visited and.
