Investigating Lunar Boulders at the Apollo 17 Landing Site Using Photogrammetry and Virtual Reality

The Geologic Investigation of the Taurus-littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site

Astronauts Cernan and Schmitt, of Apollo 17, landed in the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon on December 11,1972. Their major objectives were (1) to sample very ancient lunar material such as might be found in pre-Imbrian highlands as distant as possible from the Imbrium basin and (2) to sample pyroclastic materials that had been interpreted as significantly younger than the mare basalts return...

Impact history of the Apollo 17 landing site revealed by U-Pb SIMS ages

8 Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) U-Pb ages of Ca-phosphates from four texturally 9 distinct breccia samples (72255, 76055, 76015, 76215) collected at the Apollo 17 landing site 10 were obtained in an attempt to identify whether they represent a single or several impact 11 event(s). The determined ages, combined with inferences from petrologic relationships, may 12 indicate two or possib...

Apollo 14 Visibility Tests: Visibility of Lunar Surface Features and Lunar Landing

Photoelectric Emission Measurements on Apollo 17 Lunar Dust Grains:

Introduction: The deleterious effects of the ubiquitous presence of small micron/sub-micron size dust grains in the lunar surface environment are recognized to be one of the major issues that must be addressed in planning the forthcoming missions for robotic and human exploration of the Moon. On theoretical considerations as well as observational evidence, it has been well accepted since the Ap...

Re-determination of deep moonquake sources using the Apollo 17 lunar surface gravimeter

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. Introduction: The internal structure of the Moon is essential information that infers the origin and evolution of the Moon. Many attempts have been made fo...