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View of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA
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AS17-137-20989 (12 Dec. 1972) --- A close-up view of the much-publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The orange soil was first spotted by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt. While astronauts Schmitt and Eugene A. Cernan descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the lunar surface, astronaut Ronald E.
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Credit lineView of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-12. Public domain. ID: as17-137-20989.
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