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, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts

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and

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landed southwest of it in 1972, on the

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mission. They drove along its rim in the

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during EVA 3, but did not stop. To the southwest are

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and Van Serg, and to the northeast is Bowen and Geology Station 8 at the base of the Sculptured Hills. The crater was named by the astronauts after

Cochise Cochise ( ; Apache: or , ; later or , ; June 8, 1874) was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an upri ...

, Chief of the

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.The Valley of Taurus-Littrow
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones Image:Cochise crater AS17-141-21596-21598.jpg, Cochise in foreground as viewed from Geology Station 6, some distance up the North Massif Image:Cochise crater AS17-P-2750 ASU.jpg, Apollo 17 panoramic camera image from low

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External links

43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses
at Lunar and Planetary Institute
Geological Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site
Impact craters on the Moon Apollo 17