Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Apollo 17 S-IVB

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The third stage of the Apollo 17 Saturn V launch vehicle was intentionally impacted on the lunar surface on 10 December 1972 to serve as an energy source to probe the interior structure of the Moon using seismometers placed on the surface by Apollo astronauts. The impact left a 31 meter crater.


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