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View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft
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View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

AS17-148-22717 (7 Dec. 1972) --- This view of a portion of Earth was taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft following trans-lunar insertion during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo Program. The visible land mass is the southern two-thirds of the African continent, with Madagascar at right. A portion of Antarctica is visible at bottom frame. Onboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft were astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander; Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Hadley-Apennine region of the moon, astronaut Evans remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "America" in lunar orbit.

Date
1972-12-09
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft" (1972-12-09). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as17-148-22717

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