Apollo 17

Portrait of Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan

Portrait of Astronaut Harrison H. Schmidt

Portrait of Astronaut Ronald E. Evans

Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location

Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location

Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location

Photograph of Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle traverses

Artist's concept of topographical layout of Taurus-Littrow landing site

Artist's concept of topographical layout of Taurus-Littrow landing site

View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0

View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 76055

View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72255

View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0

Apollo 17 crewmembers ride Lunar Roving Vehicle during geological field trip

Apollo 17 crewmembers examine rock specimens during geological field trip

Apollo 17 crewmembers examine rock specimens during geological field trip

Television transmission of Astronaut Harrison Schmitt with geophone module

Mission Operations Control Center during Apollo 17 launch

Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission

Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission

View Lunar Module from the Apollo 17 spacecraft after transposition/docking

View of the expended Saturn IVB stage after transposition/docking

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon

Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training

Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training

Apollo 17 Astronauts during EVA training

Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad

Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad

Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad

View of Africa and Madagascar from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

View of Saudia Arabia and north eastern Africa from the Apollo 17 spacecraft

Astronaut Ronald Evans is suited up for EVA training

Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training

Emblem of the Apollo 17 lunar landing misison

Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training

Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training

Astronaut Ronald Evans is suited up for EVA training

Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training

Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training

Astronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt participates in simulation aboard KC-135

Astronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135

Apollo 17 prime crew portrait

Seismometer reading viewed in ALSEP Room in Misson Control during Apollo 17

Apollo 17 Command/Service Modules backdropped against lunar landing site

Wide-angle view of Apollo 17 lunar landing site

Astronaut Eugene Cernan drives the Lunar Roving Vehicle during first EVA

Astronaut Eugene Cernan drives the Lunar Roving Vehicle during first EVA

Astronaut Eugene Cernan drives the Lunar Roving Vehicle during first EVA

Television transmission of Astronaut Eugene Cernan using Lunar Surface Drill

Personnel in Mission Control conferring on repair to LRV fender

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples during EVA

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples during EVA

Artist's concept of radar beams of Apollo 17 Lunar Sounder will probe surface

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments

Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Nighttime scene at Pad A, Launch Complex 39 showing Apollo 17 space vehicle

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Surface Gravimeter

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt uses scoop to retrieve lunar samples during EVA

Television transmission of Astronaut Harrison Schmitt falling during EVA

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt retrieving lunar samples during EVA

View of boulder photographed during second Apollo 17 EVA

Panoramic view of Station 5 (Camelot Crater) during Apollo 17 EVA-2

View of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA

Wide-angle view of Station 4 during Apollo 17 second EVA

View of lunarscape at Station 4 with Astronaut Schmitt working at LRV

View of the orange soil which Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 during EVA

Astronaut Eugene Cernan inside the lunar module on lunar surface after EVA

Close-up of lunar roving vehicle at Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow landing site

Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location

Close-up view of U.S. flag deployed on Moon by Apollo 17 crew

View of Lunar Roving Vehicle parked at Station 6 by Apollo 16 astronauts

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder during third EVA

View of Eratosthenes and Copernicus craters

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder during third EVA

Oblique view of Copernicus crater

View of boulder found at Station 6 by Apollo 16 astronauts

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt seated in Lunar Roving Vehicle during EVA-3

Television transmission of Astronauts Cernan & Schmitt sending greetings

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt next to deployed U.S. flag on lunar surface

Astronaut Eugene Cernan salutes deployed U.S. flag on lunar surface

View of Astronaut Eugene Cernan beside lunar roving vehicle during EVA

View of Earth above the antenna of the lunar roving vehicle during EVA

Astronaut Eugene Cernan prepares to mount ladder to lunar module ascent stage

View of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in its final parking space

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt inside the lunar module on lunar surface after EVA

Astronaut Eugene Cernan walks toward LRV during EVA

Apollo 17 Command/Service modules photographed from lunar module in orbit

View of the plaque to be left on the moon by the Apollo 17 astronauts

Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" liftoff from Taurus-Littrow landing site

Crescent Earth eclipsed by silhouetted horizon of the moon

Full disc of moon photographed by Apollo 17 crewmen during transearth coast

Cresent Earth rises above lunar horizon

Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" liftoff from Taurus-Littrow landing site

View of the Lunar Module "Challenger" in lunar orbit

Apollo 17 Command/Service modules photographed from lunar module in orbit

Astronaut Ronald Evans photographed during transearth coast EVA

Astronaut Ronald Evans photographed during transearth coast EVA

Astronauts Evans and Cernan aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft

Candid photo of Astronaut Eugene Cernan aboard Apollo 17 spacecraft

Astronaut Eugene Cernan eating a meal aboard Apollo 17 spacecraft

Astronaut Eugene Cernan sleeping aboard Apollo 17 spacecraft

View of equipment used for Heat Flow and Convection Experiment

Astronaut Ronald Evans photographed during transearth coast EVA

Apollo 17 crew arrive aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga

Apollo 17 command module in South Pacific Ocean before recovery operations

Apollo 17 command module splashdown in South Pacific Ocean

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt looks at "orange" soil brought back by Apollo 17

Photomicrograph of sphere and fragments in "orange" soil from Apollo 17

Photomicrograph of sphere and fragments in "orange" soil from Apollo 17

Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission

Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission

Astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder during third EVA

Apollo glove assembly

Apollo glove assembly, helmet and space food