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Saturn Apollo Program
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Saturn Apollo Program

NASA / MSFC · 1972-12-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan adjusts the U.S. flag deployed upon the Moon. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apollo 17, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Cernan; Lunar Module pilot Harrison H. Schmitt; and Command Module pilot Ronald E. Evans, lifted off on December 7, 1972 from the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC).

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Apollo 17CernanU.S. FlagLunar Surface
Credit lineSaturn Apollo Program. NASA/MSFC, 1972-12-12. Public domain. ID: 7036672.
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