Apollo 17 scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Taurus-Littrow site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted orange soil. Apollo 17 was launched December 7, 1972.

Apollo 17 scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

By courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration