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Apollo 17 Mission image - station Lunar Module (LM),Flag,CDR,LRV
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Apollo 17 Mission image - station Lunar Module (LM),Flag,CDR,LRV

NASA / JSC · 1972-12-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS17-134-20386 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot.

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Credit lineApollo 17 Mission image - station Lunar Module (LM),Flag,CDR,LRV. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-07. Public domain. ID: as17-134-20386.
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