Apollo 17: Boulder on the Moon

Astronomy Picture of the Day · 1997-09-05 · NASA (public domain)

Apollo 17: Boulder on the Moon — APOD for 1997-09-05

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 .

Astronomy Picture of the Day for 1997-09-05 — image & explanation courtesy of NASA (public domain), mirrored at Tukuk-OS for reading and search convenience.