As we are all aware, the Apollo 17 mission marked the final manned lunar landing of the Apollo program. The lunar module (LM) landed approximately 0.7 km due east of Camelot Crater in the Taurus-Littrow region on the southwestern edge of Mare Serenitatis. Three extravehicular activities (EVA's) were performed, the first concentrating around the LM and including station 1 approximately 1.1 km south-southeast of the LM at the northwestern edge of Steno Crater. The second traversed approximately 8 km west of the LM to include stations 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the third EVA traversed approximately 4.5 km to the northwest of the LM to include stations 6, 7, 8, and 9. This final manned mission returned the largest quantity of lunar rock samples, 110.5 kg/243.7 lb, and included soils, breccias, highland samples, and mare basalts. This abstract concentrates upon the Apollo 17 mare basalt samples.


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    Title :

    The Apollo 17 mare basalts: Serenely sampling Taurus-Littrow


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    Publication date :

    1992-12-02


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    APOLLO 17 Mare Basalts: Serenely Sampling Taurus-Littrow

    C. R. Neal / L. A. Taylor | NTIS | 1992


    Apollo 17: At Taurus Littrow

    Anderton, D. A. | NTRS | 1973


    Apollo 17: At Taurus Littrow

    D. A. Anderton | NTIS | 1973