NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection

Apollo 17: Shorty Crater Panorama

In December of 1972, Apollo 17 [ http://www.lpi.usra…Apollo17.html ] astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] in the Taurus-Littrow [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. This sharp panorama is digitally stitched together from pictures taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the valley floor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Starting with a view of the imposing South Massif, scrolling the panorama to the right will reveal Schmitt and the lunar rover [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] at the edge of Shorty Crater, near the spot where geologist Schmitt discovered orange [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] lunar soil. The Apollo 17 crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock [ http://www.nasm.si.…moonrocks6.htm ] and soil samples, more than was returned from any of the other lunar landing sites [ http://www.boulder.…landing_sites.html ]. Now thirty five years later, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].

Apollo 17 [ http://science.ksc.…apollo-17.html ] Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/];

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