Hubble's View of the Apollo 17 Landing Site
This image of the Taurus-Littrow valley shows the Apollo 17 landing site (the "+" symbol in the image). This region marks the last time - December 1972 - that humans walked and drove on the Moon's surface. Astronomers are using the Apollo 17 images (and those of the Apollo 15 site) as "ground-truth" in an effort to discriminate lunar materials enriched in ilmenite, a titanium-bearing oxide of potential value as a resource in human exploration of the Moon. Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys took the image on Aug. 16, 2005.
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| Id: | opo0529m |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 19 October 2005, 19:00 |
| Size: | 723 x 915 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Moon |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Satellite : Feature : Surface • Solar System Images/Videos |
