Apollo 17 View of Eratosthenes Crater


This Apollo 17 view of the Moon features the Eratosthenes Crater, taken looking southward from the Command and Service Module piloted by astronaut Ronald E. Evans. The crater Copernicus is on the horizon. The Apollo 17 mission of December 1972 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo lunar landing program, and the last time humans travelled beyond low Earth orbit.


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