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Apollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,SPL 6215, 6235-39, 6305-07, CDR
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Apollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,SPL 6215, 6235-39, 6305-07, CDR

AS17-141-21608 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan stands near an over-hanging rock during the third Apollo 17 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt took this photograph. The tripod-like object just outside the shaded area is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical sun angle, scale and lunar color. The gnomon is one of the Apollo Lunar Geology Hand Tools. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module "Challenger" to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans remained with the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit.

Date
1972-12-13
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Apollo 17 Mission image - Sta 6,SPL 6215, 6235-39, 6305-07, CDR" (1972-12-13). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as17-141-21608

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