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Hubble View of Apollo 17 Landing Region on the Moon
This image showcases Hubble Space Telescope's first high-resolution ultraviolet and visible imaging of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon. Humans last walked and drove on the lunar surface in this region (marked "+" in the image) in December...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2005
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2005-29-1784-image
This image showcases Hubble Space Telescope's first high-resolution ultraviolet and visible imaging of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley of the Moon. Humans last walked and drove on the lunar surface in this region (marked "+" in the image) in December 1972. The image was taken Aug. 16, 2005 by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. North is at the top of the image. The image was processed by the Hubble Space Telescope Lunar Exploration team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Northwestern University, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
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NASA, ESA, and J. Garvin (NASA/GSFC)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | moon |
| Object Description | Earth's Satellite |
| Distance | The Moon is 238,857 miles (384,403 kilometers) from the Earth. |
| Dimensions | The Moon has a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 kilometers). |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | These HST data are from proposal . NASA's HST Lunar observation team is led by Chief Scientist J. Garvin. The team includes M. Robinson (Northwestern Univ.), D. Skillman (NASA/GSFC), B. Hapke (Univ. of Pittsburgh), C. Pieters (Brown Univ.), M. Ulmer (Northwestern Univ.), J. Bell (Cornell Univ.), and J. Taylor (Univ. of Hawaii). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Dates | August 16, 2005 |
| Filters | Earth's Satellite |
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