Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan Walks Toward LRV During EVA
by Eric Glaser
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Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan Walks Toward LRV During EVA
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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"Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan Walks Toward LRV During EVA"
NASA ID: as17-140-21388
Date Created: 1972-12-13
AS17-140-21388 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander, walks toward the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site of NASA's sixth and final Apollo lunar landing mission. The photograph was taken by astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "America" in lunar orbit.
Image enhanced by Eric Glaser
Image and Text Credit: NASA
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