Apollo 17: Boulder on the Moon
Explanation:
Twenty five years ago
humans roamed the Moon.
Pictured here during the
last moon landing,
scientist-astronaut
Harrison Schmitt was
photographed standing
next to a huge, split boulder.
Apollo 17 was one of six missions that landed
humans on the moon and returned them safely.
Apollo 17 explored the unusually dark terrain at the
Taurus-Littrow landing site,
deployed explosives to test the internal geology of the
Moon,
and returned the
most rocks of any lunar mission.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
