Attractive pair of color Apollo 17 pre-mission geological maps of the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon by David H. Scott, Baerbel Koesters Lucchitta, and M. H. Karr, published by the US Geological Survey in 1972. The first map, 46.25 x 25.75, scale 1:250,000, shows the regional geologic setting of the landing site for the Apollo 17 mission, and is signed in black felt tip with a quote from Cernan’s farewell to the moon spoken from the surface just before the LM liftoff, “'America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow…,’ Gene Cernan, Apollo XVII.” The second map, 46 x 34.25, scale 1: 50,000, portrays the geology in the vicinity of the Taurus-Littrow region, with proposed landing site to immediate center. Includes the original Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (Map I-723) storage folder. In overall fine, folded condition, with some inherent creasing to the lower border.
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