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Low Reflectance Deposits... |LROC

Low Reflectance Deposits on the Lassell Massif

Low reflectance deposits are seen along the margins of Lassell G and Lassell K (14.918°S; 351.065°E). NAC frame M1116585481R, illumination is overhead, north is up, image is ~1.8 km wide 

[NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Meanders in Posidonius |LROC

Small portion of a S-shaped meandering rille on the floor of Posidonius Crater (31.93°N, 29.85°E, 100 km diameter) - a floor-fractured crater. The curves in the rille are very tight. 

LROC NAC M1098658474R
[NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Apollo 17 Moonwalk |Photos

First Apollo 17 Moonwalk:

Forty years ago today on Dec. 11, 1972, astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander, makes a short checkout of the lunar rover during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This view of the "stripped down" rover is prior to loading up. Equipment later loaded onto the rover included the ground-controlled television assembly, the lunar communications relay unit, hi-gain antenna, low-gain antenna, aft tool pallet, lunar tools and scientific gear.This photograph was taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. 

The mountain in the right background is the east end of South Massif. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module "Challenger" to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules "America" in lunar orbit.

Apollo 17: 40 Years Later

Image Credit: NASA