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Apollo 17

Mission Number: AS-512 7-19 December 1972

Crew:
   
Eugene A. Cernan [3], Commander
    Ronald B. Evans [1], CSM Pilot
    Harrison H. Schmitt [1], LM Pilot

Backup Crew:
    John W. Young, Commander
    Stuart A. Roosa, CSM Pilot
    Charles M. Duke, Jr., LM Pilot

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A
    Date: 7 December 1972
    Time: 05:33:00 UTC

Lunar Landing:
    Location: Taurus-Littrow (Lunar 20.16° N, 30.77° E)
    Touchdown: 11 December 19:54:57 UTC
    EVA #1: 7 hours, 12 minutes
    EVA #2: 7 hours, 37 minutes
    EVA #3: 7 hours, 16 minutes
    Liftoff: 14 December 22:54:37 UTC

Landing:
    Location: Pacific Ocean (17° 53' S, 166° 7' W)
    Vessel: USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
    Date: 19 December 1972
    Time: 19:24:59 UTC

Mission Duration: 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds
Surface Stay Time: 3 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes, 40 seconds

Cernan and Schmitt performed 3 EVAs totaling 22 hours, 5 minutes. 243 lbs of material was gathered. The Lunar Rover was used for the third time. Evans also performed a trans-Earth EVA to retrieve film.

The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named America, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Challenger.

Prior to Apollo 13, the planned lunar landing was proposed to be the Marius Hills.

The Apollo 17 command module is on display at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

 

NASA Images
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cernan_flag.jpg (65177 bytes)
Cernan saluting the US flag.

a17_landing_site.jpg (34905 bytes)
Panaramic view of the landing site. Schmitt is near the LRV.

lunar_scape.jpg (33091 bytes)
Panaramic view during EVA.

 lunar_scape_2.jpg (55424 bytes)
Another panaramic view during EVA.