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Astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples during EVA
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AS17-134-20426 (11 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. The Lunar Rake, an Apollo Lunar Geology Hand Tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips ranging in size from one-half inch (1.3 cm) to one inch (2.5 cm).
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Credit lineAstronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples during EVA. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-11. Public domain. ID: as17-134-20426.
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