Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moon

After 50 years of exploration, the lunar junkyard holds nearly 200 tonnes of objects

More than half a century of lunar exploration has left its mark on the moon. What Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin described as the "magnificent desolation" of the relentlessly grey surface is littered with clapped-out robots, spacecraft parts, moon buggies (including one with a bible on the dashboard) and technical equipment.

Scattered around the Apollo landing sites are other items that were never meant to come home: a falcon's feather, a javelin, bags of human waste, a family photo and an aluminium figure, the Fallen Astronaut, which lies on its side near a plaque bearing the names of 14 men who died in the pursuit of space exploration.