Apollo 17
Crew:
Eugene Cernan [3], Commander
Ronald Evans [1], CSM Pilot
Harrison Schmitt [1], LM Pilot
Backup Crew:
John Young, Commander
Stuart Roosa, CSM Pilot
Charles Duke, LM Pilot
Launch:
Location: John F. Kennedy Space Center
Pad: 39-A
Date: 7 December 1972
Time: 05:33:00 UTC
Flight:
Mission Duration: 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds
EVA#1: 1 hours, 6 minutes
Lunar Landing:
Location: Taurus-Littrow (Lunar 20.16° N, 30.77° E)
Touchdown: 11 December 1972 19:54:57 UTC
EVA#1: 7 hours, 12 minutes
EVA#2: 7 hours, 37 minutes
EVA#3: 7 hours, 15 minutes
Liftoff: 14 December 1972 22:54:37 UTC
Surface Stay Time: 3 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes, 40 seconds
Landing:
Date: 19 December 1972
Time: 19:24:59 UTC
Recovery:
Location: Pacific Ocean (17° 53' S, 166° 7' W)
Vessel: USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
Cernan and Schmitt performed 3 EVAs totalling 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.
The lunar landing was at Taurus-Littrow. 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.
Launch was by Saturn V.
 Cernan saluting the US flag. |
 Panoramic view of the landing site. Schmitt is near the LRV. |
 Panoramic view during EVA. |
 Another panoramic view during EVA. |
Crew
Archived NASA page for Apollo 17
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