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Taurus
A prominent constellation in the northern sky, representing a bull. It contains notable astronomical objects, including the Crab Nebula and the Pleiades star cluster.
Source: apod.nasa.gov
APODs including "Taurus"
Apollo 17: Boulder on the Moon
05/09/1997
Image Credit: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Twenty five years ago humans roamed the Moon. Pictured here during the last moon landing, scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt was photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder. Apollo 17 was one of six missions that landed humans on the moon and returned them safely. Apollo 17 explored the unusually dark terrain at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, deployed explosives to test the internal geology of the Moon, and returned the most rocks of any lunar mission.