page_title: Powell (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Powell (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Powell crater, Taurus–Littrow valley, on the moon. Sun elevation 46 deg., spacecraft altitude 112 km.
context_page_description: Powell is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but they did not visit it.
  To the north of Powell is Trident and the landing site. To the northwest are Camelot and Horatio, and to the northeast is Sherlock. Steno and Emory are to the southeast.
  The crater was named by the astronauts after John Wesley Powell, geologist and explorer of the American West.
context_section_description: Powell is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley.  Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but they did not visit it.
  To the north of Powell is Trident and the landing site.  To the northwest are Camelot and Horatio, and to the northeast is Sherlock.  Steno and Emory are to the southeast.
  The crater was named by the astronauts after John Wesley Powell, geologist and explorer of the American West.
caption: Apollo 17 panoramic camera image
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