11 December 1972
Apollo 17 ALSEP Deployment
Helps deploy the final Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package at Taurus-Littrow.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Taurus-Littrow in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Helps deploy the final Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package at Taurus-Littrow.
Commands Apollo 17, the final crewed lunar landing mission.
Becomes the first professional scientist to walk on the Moon.
Begins Apollo 17's first lunar surface excursion and starts exploration of the Taurus-Littrow valley.
Begins lunar field geology with Cernan during Apollo 17's first surface excursion.
Conducts lunar geology as the only professional geologist on the Moon.
Drives the lunar rover during extended geological exploration of the Taurus-Littrow valley.
Recognizes orange volcanic soil at Shorty Crater during Apollo 17’s second EVA.
Collects and documents lunar rocks and soil during the final Apollo surface EVA.
Explores Taurus-Littrow with Schmitt during the mission's second long rover traverse.
Conducts geological observations and sampling during the second Taurus-Littrow rover traverse.
Explores the North Massif area and Station 6 during the mission’s final surface excursion.
Commands Challenger's ascent stage as the final Apollo lunar surface crew leaves the Moon.
Leaves the Moon aboard Challenger with Cernan after completing the final Apollo surface expedition.
Completes the final Apollo lunar surface excursion with Cernan before Challenger's departure.
Leaves the Moon as the last Apollo astronaut on the surface.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Taurus-Littrow. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.