Powell is a feature on Earth's

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, a crater in

Taurus–Littrow Taurus–Littrow is a Moon, lunar valley located on the Near side of the Moon, near side at the coordinates . It served as the landing site for the United States, American Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, the last crewed mission to the Moon ...

valley. Astronauts

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and

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landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, ...

mission, but they did not visit it. To the north of Powell is

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and the landing site. To the northwest are

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and Horatio, and to the northeast is Sherlock. Steno and Emory are to the southeast. The crater was named by the astronauts after

John Wesley Powell John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He ...

, geologist and explorer of the American West.The Valley of Taurus–Littrow
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones

References

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 {{Moon-crater-stub