This is a photograph of Charles M. Duke, Jr. collecting rock samples at the Descartes landing site. Duke stands by Plum Crater while the Lunar Roving Vehicle waits parked in the background. The Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts...

This Astronomy Picture of the Day is of Crater Copernicus, taken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972.

This atlas of the Lunar surface features lists all named features. Click on a name and see an image of that item, or at least an image of the Moon centered on that item.

This is an image of Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, it is the third largest moon in the Solar System and features a heavily cratered surface. For more information, check out our solar system...