Today, #Artemis I returned to Earth after a test flight to the Moon. #OTD 50 years ago, #Apollo17 landed on the lunar surface. This visualization explores the Apollo 17 landing site, Taurus-Littrow valley, using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. https://go.nasa.gov/3PfYZCd
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SVS: Flying over the Taurus-Littrow Valley
On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed their lunar module, Challenger, in a lunar valley named for the Taurus mountain range and the nearby Littrow crater.go.nasa.gov