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NASA TV's This Week @NASA, D
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* The three crew members of
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12/04/09
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* The three crew members of Expedition 21 made a safe landing in a Soyuz spacecraft after departing the International Space Station several hours earlier. * NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden presented Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise, Jr. with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a special ceremony in Biloxi, Mississippi, Haise√¢s hometown. * Thirty-seven years ago the Apollo 17 mission began with this early morning launch from the Kennedy Space Center. * NASA'S revolutionary Kepler space telescope has been honored by two leading magazines. Popular Science Magazine dubbed the planet-hunting telescope the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award, and Popular Mechanics lauded its achievement with a 2009 Breakthrough Award. * NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is on track to begin its mission this week. WISE is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta II rocket. |
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12/04/09 |
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Apollo 16 Astronauts Inspect
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Apollo 16 Astronauts Inspect Lunar Rover |
| Full Description |
Apollo 16 Commander, John Young, center, and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, foreground, inspect the Lunar Roving Vehicle they will use for transportation on the Moon during a Deployment Test in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The Rover is stored in the Ascent Stage of the Lunar Module for the trip to the Lunar surface. This inspection came during a review of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments at the Spaceport. Launch is set for March 17. |
| Date |
11/12/1971 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Apollo 17 Astronaut Training
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Apollo 17 Astronaut Training |
| Full Description |
Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Jack Schmitt are preparing the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and the Communications Relay Unit (LCRU) mission simulation. Support Team Astronaut Gordon Fullerton, standing, left, discusses test procedures to be performed in the High Bay of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB). The Lunar Module Ascent and Descent stages also receive preflight checkout in preparation for the sixth U.S. manned lunar landing mission. |
| Date |
8/9/1972 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Ch
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| Title |
Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout |
| Full Description |
The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project Apollo. A mission simulation to check out the lunar roving vehicle and all its systems was successfully carried out. Participating in the test, conducted in conjunction with the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, were prime crew members Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot, left, and Eugene A. Cernan, Commander. Rollout of the Apollo 17 space vehicle to Complex 39's Pad A is scheduled for August 28. The lunar module which will carry Cernan and Schmitt down to the lunar surface is visible in the background. |
| Date |
8/9/1972 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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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 |
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Apollo 17 Pre-Launch
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Apollo 17 Pre-Launch |
| Full Description |
The Apollo 17 Space Vehicle sits poised beneath a full moon on Launch Pad 39A during launch countdown. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Ronald A. Evans, Command Module Pilot, and Dr. Harrison H. Jack Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot, will be the crew for the sixth manned lunar landing mission. |
| Date |
12/6/1972 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Shepard and Schmitt Enjoying
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Shepard and Schmitt Enjoying a Light Hearted Moment |
| Full Description |
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt shares a moment of relaxation with astronaut Alan Shepard during prelaunch suiting operations. Schmitt will explore the Moon's Taurus-Littrow region with Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan during NASA's sixth and last manned lunar landing mission. The third crewman, Ronald E. Evans, will pilot the command module alone in lunar orbit during his crewmates' surface exploration. |
| Date |
12/6/1972 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Spiro Agnew Congratulates La
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Spiro Agnew Congratulates Launch Control After Launch of Apollo 17 |
| Full Description |
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates launch team personnel, in firing room #1 of launch control minutes after the successful launch of Apollo 17 from Complex 39-A at 12:33 am EST, December 7, 1972, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard. Apollo 17, NASA's sixth and final manned lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, landed within 200 feet of the targeted point in the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the lunar surface at 2:55 pm EST on December 11, 1972. |
| Date |
12/13/1972 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Earth photo Drift-in |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. For the first time in an Apollo mission, the Antarctic continent was visible allowing for a photo to be taken by the orbiting astronauts. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Earth photo Drift-in |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. For the first time in an Apollo mission, the Antarctic continent was visible allowing for a photo to be taken by the orbiting astronauts. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Earth photo Drift-in |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. For the first time in an Apollo mission, the Antarctic continent was visible allowing for a photo to be taken by the orbiting astronauts. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Saudi Arabia Zoom-out |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from the Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Saudi Arabia Zoom-out |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from the Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Antarctica Zoom-out |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. For the first time in an Apollo mission, the Antarctic continent was visible allowing for a photo to be taken by the orbiting astronauts. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
| Completed |
2002-11-21 |
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Apollo 17 30th Anniversary:
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| Title |
Apollo 17 30th Anniversary: Antarctica Zoom-out |
| Abstract |
The Apollo 17 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at midnight on December 7th, 1972. Just hours after lift-off, the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph Earth in full light. For the first time in an Apollo mission, the Antarctic continent was visible allowing for a photo to be taken by the orbiting astronauts. The photo was taken at about 18,000 statute miles away from Earth. Virtually every picture showing the full Earth is derived from this one photograph. Television, newspapers, websites, and marketing material have all used this photograph over the years. Geostationary weather satellites, Galileo, and many other spacecraft have returned great pictures of the full Earth from space, but this image is still the number one requested photo in the NASA photo archives. |
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2002-11-21 |
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Installation of the Lunar Ro
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| Name of Image |
Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module |
| Date of Image |
1971-04-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company. |
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Installation of the Lunar Ro
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| Name of Image |
Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module |
| Date of Image |
1971-04-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company. |
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Installation of the Lunar Ro
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| Name of Image |
Installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in the Lunar Module |
| Date of Image |
1971-04-01 |
| Full Description |
This photograph shows the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) being prepared for installation in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company. |
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Destination: Moon
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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 ]. |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, former astronaut Gene Cernan waves to guests as he is introduced as a previous inductee. He walked in space on Gemini 9, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10 and walked on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. The ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia?s Mir space station, the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. |
| Release Date |
05/01/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan looks at the Moon landing display in the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy and Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan participated in the grand opening ceremony. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan (left) holds the attention of guests at the grand opening ceremony of the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A rapt audience listens to comments of Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan during the grand opening ceremony of the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. At far left is Center Director Jim Kennedy, who also spoke during the ceremony. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan holds the attention of guests at the grand opening ceremony of the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) and Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan stand next to a display of an astronaut at the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy and Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan participated in the grand opening ceremony of the store that will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan talks about some of the exhibits in the new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy and Cernan participated in the grand opening ceremony. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan autographs his book for attendees at the grand opening ceremony of new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy and Cernan participated in the grand opening ceremony. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan autographs his book for attendees at the grand opening ceremony of new Kennedy Space Center Store at Orlando International Airport. NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy and Cernan participated in the grand opening ceremony. The store will help educate millions of airport visitors about America?s space program and the Vision for Space Exploration. The store is operated by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessionaire Delaware North Parks and Resorts. |
| Release Date |
12/06/2004 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Greeting friends in the ASVC (left) is Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford. Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan shakes hands with Apollo 14 Back-up Lunar Module Pilot Joe H. Engle. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart (second from right), are both pointing at the KSC Apollo/Saturn V rocket inside the building as they talk to other guests on the tour. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Passing underneath the KSC Apollo/Saturn V inside the building are (from left): Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart, Apollo 10 Command Module Pilot and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford, and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Passing underneath the KSC Apollo/Saturn V inside the building are (from left): Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweikart, Apollo 10 Command Module Pilot and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford, and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Discussing old times are (from left) Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts and their family members and friends tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Observing one of the displays inside the ASVC are (from left): Lois Aldrin, wife of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., Aldrin, Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, and Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the former Apollo program astronauts tour the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. Discussing old times beneath the KSC Apollo/Saturn V rocket inside the building are (from left) Apollo 10 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford and Apollo 16 Commander John W. Young. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft components, multimedia presentations and a simulated Apollo/ Saturn V liftoff. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center |
| Release Date |
01/08/1997 |
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Apollo 17 Astronauts during
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene C
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene C
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 rollout to launch
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 rollout to launch
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 prime crew portrai
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 rollout to launch
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| 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 |
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Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA
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| 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 |
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