Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
Explanation:
In December of 1972, Apollo 17 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] on the Moon, in the Taurus-Littrow valley [ http://cass.jsc.nas…expmoon/Apollo17/A17 _lsite.html ], while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Near the beginning of their third and final excursion [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] across the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.…], Schmitt took this picture of Cernan flanked by an American flag and their lunar rover's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna. The prominent [ http://www.hq.nasa.…a17.fam-mtn.html ] Sculptured Hills lie in the background while Schmitt's reflection can just be made out in Cernan's helmet. The Apollo 17 crew [ http://www.ari.net/…home.html ] returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than from any of the other lunar landing sites [ http://www.boulder.…landing_sites.html ]. And after thirty years, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk [ http://www.alanbean…] on the Moon.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 17 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…apollo17info.html ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] (Image scanned by Kipp Teague [ http://www.apolloar…])
keyword:
moon
keyword:
lunar surface
keyword:
apollo 17
facet_who:
Harrison Schmitt
facet_who:
Ronald Evans
facet_when:
1972
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Taurus
facet_what:
Apollo 17
facet_what:
moon
facet_when_year:
1972
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap021212

Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
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