APOD: Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater (2017 Nov 24)
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 5:06 am
Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
Explanation: In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. [url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/images17.html#21009" >This sharp image was taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the of rock and soil samples, more than was returned from any of the other lunar <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/revisited/index.html]landing sites[/url]. Forty five years later, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon.
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Explanation: In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. [url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/images17.html#21009" >This sharp image was taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the of rock and soil samples, more than was returned from any of the other lunar <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/revisited/index.html]landing sites[/url]. Forty five years later, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon.
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