Instrument Host Information
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urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.a17l::1.2
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Apollo 17 Lunar Module
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Spacecraft
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| DESCRIPTION |
The Apollo 17 Lunar Module (LM) 'Challenger' was the sixth and last crewed vehicle to land on the Moon as part of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo 17 LM was a two-stage (descent and ascent) vehicle designed for space operations near and on the Moon. It carried two astronauts, a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), and an Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) that contained scientific experiments to be deployed and left on the lunar surface and other scientific and sample collection apparatuses.
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| REFERENCES |
Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-330, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1973.
Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280, 2000, doi:10.1029/1999JE001165.
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