APOD from 2025-12-06

Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater

In 1972, Apollo 17's Cernan and Schmitt explored the #Moon's Taurus-Littrow valley for 75 hours. This photo shows Schmitt by the rover near where he found orange soil. They returned with a record 110 kg of samples and remain the last to walk on the Moon.

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