Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Taurus-Littrow is a lunar valley located on the Lunar near side at the coordinates 20.0°N 31.0°E that served as the landing site for the American Apollo 17 mission, the last manned mission to the Moon to date. The valley is located on the southeastern edge of Mare Serenitatis along a ring of mountains formed between 3.8 and 3.9 billion years ago when a large object impacted the Moon, forming Mare Serenitatis and pushing rock outward and upward. Taurus-Littrow is located in the Taurus mountain range and south of Littrow crater, features after which the valley received its name. The valley was named by the crew of Apollo 17, and was subsequently adopted by the IAU in 1973. Taurus-Littrow was eventually selected with the objectives of sampling ancient highland material and young volcanic material in the same landing site. The Taurus-Littrow site offered both of these in the form of highland material in the Tycho ejecta sampled and the prospect that some of the craters in the area could be volcanic vents.

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