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Apollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,Panoramic,LMP
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Apollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,Panoramic,LMP

NASA / JSC · 1972-12-13 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS17-140-21497 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander. While Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E.

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Credit lineApollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,Panoramic,LMP. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-13. Public domain. ID: as17-140-21497.
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