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Apollo 17: Boulder on the Moon
Explanation: 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 .
| Date | September 5, 1997 |
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| Credit | Credit: E. Cernan, Apollo 17 Crew, NASA |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |