Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running
Explanation:
What would it be like to explore the surface of another world? In 1972 during the Apollo 17 [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] mission, astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] found out first hand. In this case, the world was Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s own Moon [ http://www.nineplan…]. In this recently compiled panorama of lunar photographs originally taken by astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the barren Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is apparent. Visible above and by scrolling right are lunar rocks [ http://www-curator.…] in the foreground, lunar mountains [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the background, some small craters, a lunar rover [ http://starchild.gs…], and astronaut Schmidt on his way back to the rover. A few days after this image [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] was taken, humanity left the Moon [ http://curator.jsc.…] and has yet to return.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 17 [ http://science.ksc.…] Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/];
Credit and Copyright:
M. Constantine (moonpans.com)
facet_who:
Harrison Schmitt
facet_when:
1972
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 17
facet_when_year:
1972
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap040412

Apollo 17 Panorama: Astronaut Running
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