Apollo 17 landing site
in the valley of Taurus-Littrow, on the Moon
on the Moon
Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, a geologist, landed Challenger in the valley of Taurus-Littrow on 11 December 1972, the last people to walk on the Moon so far. At Shorty crater they found orange soil, beads of volcanic glass.
- 20.19° N, 30.77° E · landed 11 December 1972 · 22 h 4 min outside in three drives · 110.5 kg of rock and soil brought home
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