Human Exploration
Return flight of Apollo 17 from the Moon.
Orbital Attempt
#1,415
NASA Mission
#119
Pad Launch
#1
Location Launch
#1
Dec 14, 1972, 10:54 PM
Second
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Landing site of Apollo 17’s lunar module Challenger on 11 December 1972.
Total Launches
1
Orbital Attempts
1
Taurus–Littrow is a lunar valley located on the near side at the coordinates 20.0°N 31.0°E. 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 edge of Mare Serenitatis along a ring of mountains formed between 3.8 and 3.9 billion years ago when a large object impacted the Moon, forming the Serenitatis basin and pushing rock outward and upward.
Total Launches
1
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
20.0000, 31.0000
