HST imagery of the Apollo 17 landing site draped over Apollo 17 derived topography 
Abstract: 
The Hubble Space Telescope looked at specific areas of the moon prospecting for important minerals that may aid future sustained human presence on the moon. Initial analysis of the data indicate the likely presence of titanium and iron oxides. These minerals can be sources of oxygen, essential for human exploration. This visualization starts with a view of the moon as seen from Earth using a USGS Apollo derived artist rendered texture (airbrushed). The camera then zooms into the Apollo 17 landing region using Clementine data (the outer area after the camera pauses), high resolution HST data (the inner area), and Apollo 17 derived topgraphy. Exposure Time: 2.5 minutes Filters: F250W (250nm), F344N (344nm), F502N (502nm), F658N (658nm) Data from these multiple filters were used to produce the mosaic Apollo 17 landing site image. 

Completed: 
2005-10-12 
Credit: 
*Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Additional credit to Zoltan G. Levay (STScI) 
Studio: 
SVS 
Animator: 
Greg Shirah (Lead) 
Animator: 
Alex Kekesi 
Animator: 
Horace Mitchell 
Animator: 
Greg Bacon 
Scientist: 
James Garvin (NASA/GSFC) 
Data Collected: 
HST: 2005/08/16 – 2005/08/21; Clementine: 1994/02/26-1994/05/0 5 
Keywords: 
SVS 
Keywords: 
HDTV 
Keywords: 
Lunar 
facet_where: 
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 
facet_what: 
Earth 
facet_what: 
Apollo 17 
facet_what: 
Moon 
facet_what: 
Clementine 
facet_what: 
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 
Animation Number: 
3274 
UID: 
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a003200/a0032 74/StillApollo.0550- IMAGE 
original url: 
http://svs.gsfc.nas… 
Image ID: 
110279 
Resolution Size: 
5 
Format: 
JP2 
Media Type: 
Image 
File Name: 
StillApollo.0550.jp2 
Width: 
2560 
Height: 
1920

Tags: galaxy, Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Apollo 17 Landing Region), nasa, photo, space, star, Universe

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