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Cresent Earth rises above lunar horizon
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AS17-152-23274 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCresent Earth rises above lunar horizon. NASA/JSC, 1972-12-14. Public domain. ID: as17-152-23274.
