Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Cernan Jump Salutes Flag
Full Description:
Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background behind the flag and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) also in background behind him. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Challenger to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Command Module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module (CSM) "America" in lunar-orbit.
Date:
12/13/1972
NASA Center:
Johnson Space Center
Subject Category:
Apollo 17
Subject Category:
EVAs-Moonwalk
Keywords:
Challenger
Keywords:
Module
Keywords:
Apollo
Keywords:
Vehicle
Keywords:
Rover
Keywords:
Cernan
Keywords:
Eugene
Keywords:
Gene
Keywords:
Lunar
Keywords:
Moonwalk
Keywords:
American
Keywords:
Flag
Keywords:
Taurus-Littrow
Keywords:
17
Keywords:
Roving
Keywords:
LRV
Keywords:
LM
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Challenger
facet_what:
Apollo 17
facet_what:
Taurus
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_who:
Harrison Schmitt
facet_who:
Eugene A. Cernan
facet_when:
12-13-1972
facet_when_year:
1972
Image #:
AS17-134-20380
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1273
Center:
JSC
Center Number:
AS17-134-20380
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001273
Creator-Photographer:
NASA Harrison Schmitt
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Cernan Jump Salutes Flag