INSET: USGS IMAP 708: Geologic map of the Fra Mauro region of the Moon Apollo 14 pre-mission maps

The accompanying map shows the geology of the Fra Mauro site -- the landing site for the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon. The site lies about 80 km north of the ancient crater Fra Mauro, in a north-south belt of the predominantly hummocky uplands terrain geologically distinct from the mare terrains of the earlier Apollo landing sites. The front face of the Moon was mapped at a scale of 1:5...