Apollo 17 landing region

This image showcases Hubble Space Telescope's first high-resolution ultraviolet and visible imaging of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon. Humans last walked and drove on the lunar surface in this region (marked "+" in the image at left and at lower right) in December 1972.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and J. Garvin (NASA/GSFC)

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0529f
Type:Collage
Release date:19 October 2005, 19:00
Size:3000 x 2400 px

About the Object

Name:Moon
Type:Solar System : Planet : Satellite : Feature : Surface
Category:Solar System

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