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Astronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135

NASA / JSC · 1972-09-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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S72-50270 (September 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface extravehicular activity simulation training under one-sixth gravity conditions aboard a U. S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. Here, Cernan simulates removing an experiment package from the aft end of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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APOLLO 17 FLIGHT APOLLO PROJECT ASTRONAUT TRAINING ASTRONAUTS DEPLOYMENT KC-135 PARABOLIC FLIGHT SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS WEIGHTLESSNESS ZERO GRAVITY

Credit lineAstronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135. NASA/JSC, 1972-09-30. Public domain. ID: S72-50270.

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