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, a crater in

Taurus–Littrow Taurus–Littrow is a lunar valley located on the near side at the coordinates . It served as the landing site for the American Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, the last crewed mission to the Moon. The valley is located on the southeastern ...

valley. Astronauts

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and

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landed north of it in 1972, on the

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on ...

mission, but did not visit it. The astronauts referred to it simply as Hess during the mission. Hess is adjacent to the similarly sized crater Mackin. To the north is

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, to the northwest are

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and

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, and to the west is Nansen. To the northeast is

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. The crater was named by the astronauts after geologist Harry Hammond Hess.The Valley of Taurus-Littrow
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones

References

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External links

43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses
at Lunar and Planetary Institute
Geological Investigation of the Taurus–Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site
Impact craters on the Moon Apollo 17