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Apollo 17: E.Cernan near the Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV)

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-apo17-30025

Date

2006-08-18

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, approaches the parked Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the lunar surface during the flight's third period of Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3). South Massif can be seen in the background. The photograph was taken with a hand-held Hasselblad camera by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While the two explored the surface of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar-orbit. 13 December 1972.