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Apollo 17 Night Launch
Title Apollo 17 Night Launch
Full Description Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night launch of a Saturn V rocket.
Date 12/07/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Destination: Moon
Title Destination: Moon
Explanation Tuesday, January 6, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA's Lunar Prospector [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/ ] spacecraft climbed into the sky [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/prospector/movies/ athena2.mpg ] above Cape Canaveral Air Station riding an Athena II rocket [ http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/mixfleet.htm ]. Representing NASA's first Moon mission since the 1972 flight of Apollo 17 [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/apollo17/ ], this launch also occurred on the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Surveyor 7 lunar lander [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ]. The three stage launch vehicle's [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/project/launchp.html ] fiery trail is in the foreground of this time exposure [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/prospector/images/ captions/KSC-98EC-0107.html ] while the Moon [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/tg/teach1.html ], near first quarter phase [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960919.html ], is shown in the background some 250,000 miles from the Cape. Prospector will cover that distance [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960727.html ] in about 5 days, entering lunar orbit on Sunday. Prospector carries no cameras to image the well-photographed [ http://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clib/ ] lunar surface. Instead, its array of instruments [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/instrumentss.html ] will map the lunar gravity, magnetic field, internal structure, and surface composition. The result, a detailed global view of current lunar properties [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980107.html ], is expected to dramatically impact [ http://www.njin.net/~dmollica/index.html ] humanity's understanding of the origins [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/overview.html ] of the Moon and the Solar System. From its vantage point [ http://www.moonlink.com/ ] in polar orbit, only 63 miles above the lunar surface, Prospector will also conduct a sensitive search for water ice which may be preserved [ http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/PSRdiscoveries/Dec96/IceonMoon.html ] in permanent shadow at the Moon's South Pole [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961204.html ].
Apollo 17 Astronauts during …
Title Apollo 17 Astronauts during EVA training
Description Two Apollo 17 crewmen ready a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer following its deployment from a Lunar Module trainer in the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Taking part in the Apollo 17 training exercise were Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (right), commander, and Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt, lunar module pilot.
Date Taken 1972-06-08
Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene C …
Title Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, prepares to remove a traverse gravimeter training mock-up from a Lunar Roving Vehicle for deployment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulations at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (44420), Cernan practices with a lunar drill during lunar surface EVA simulations (44421).
Date Taken 1972-06-08
Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene C …
Title Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, prepares to remove a traverse gravimeter training mock-up from a Lunar Roving Vehicle for deployment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulations at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (44420), Cernan practices with a lunar drill during lunar surface EVA simulations (44421).
Date Taken 1972-06-08
Apollo 17 rollout to launch …
Title Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad
Description A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728), A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729), A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
Date Taken 1972-08-28
Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA …
Title Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888), Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889), Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890), Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891), Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
Date Taken 1972-09-13
Apollo 17 rollout to launch …
Title Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad
Description A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728), A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729), A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
Date Taken 1972-08-28
Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA …
Title Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888), Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889), Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890), Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891), Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
Date Taken 1972-09-13
Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA …
Title Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888), Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889), Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890), Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891), Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
Date Taken 1972-09-13
Apollo 17 prime crew portrai …
Title Apollo 17 prime crew portrait
Description These three astronauts are the prime crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. They are Eugene A. Cernan (seated), commander, Ronald E. Evans (standing on right), command module pilot, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. They are photographed with a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer. Cernan and Schmitt will use an LRV during their exploration of the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The Apollo 17 Saturn V space vehicle is in the background. This picture was taken at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, The Apollo 17 emblem is in the photo insert at upper left.
Date Taken 1972-10-10
Apollo 17 rollout to launch …
Title Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad
Description A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728), A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729), A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
Date Taken 1972-08-28
Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA …
Title Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888), Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889), Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890), Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891), Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
Date Taken 1972-09-13
Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA …
Title Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888), Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889), Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890), Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891), Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
Date Taken 1972-09-13
Nighttime scene at Pad A, La …
Title Nighttime scene at Pad A, Launch Complex 39 showing Apollo 17 space vehicle
Description Searchlights illuminate this nighttime scene at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle during prelaunch preparations. Apollo 17 will be the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Note the full moon in the background.
Date Taken 1972-11-30
Launch of the Apollo 17 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission
Description The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Flame from the five F-1 engines of the Apollo/Saturn first (S-1C) stage illuminates the nighttime scene.
Date Taken 1972-12-07
Launch of the Apollo 17 luna …
Title Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission
Description The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Flame from the five F-1 engines of the Apollo/Saturn first (S-1C) stage illuminates the nighttime scene.
Date Taken 1972-12-07
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