#apollo 17

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The Crescent Earth l Apollo 17 l 1972

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photo of earth by apollo 17, december 1, 1972.

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Apollo 17 Landing On Dec. 11, 1972

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Earth, the Blue Marble, photographed during the Apollo 17 mission on this day in 1972.

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Apollo 17, 1972

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TV Camera on the Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV-3) in motion.

Yuri Krasilnikov has combined them into a gif.

Date: December 11-13, 1972

NASA ID: AS17-141-21492, 93, 94, and 95

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Humans are great, actually

[Video Description: extremely grainy video of two people in space suits bouncing along the lunar surface]

[Transcript:

(Singing) I was strolling on the moon one day

(second astronaut joins in) In the merry merry month of

Astronaut 1: December Astronaut 2: May

Astronaut 2: No, May

Astronaut 1: May. When then much to my surprise a pair of bonny eyes de doo de doo de doo de doo de doo (speaking) Boy, this is a neat way to travel!

Astronaut 2: (speaking) Isn't it great?

Astronaut 1: (different tune) dum de dum dum dum. Dum de dum dum dum]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountain_in_the_Park

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Going for a walk. Apollo 17 astronaut Ronald Evans leaves to the spacecraft to retrieve film cassettes from the Service Module, Dec 1972. Mr. Evans was Command Module Pilot & orbited the moon a record 75 times during the mission. He holds the record for most time spent in lunar orbit at just shy of 148 hours. He is the last human to orbit the moon solo. A historic figure in space pioneering.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

2025 March 28

Lunar Dust and Duct Tape

Image Credit: Apollo 17, NASA

Explanation: Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, eons of constant micrometeorite bombardment have blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith. For the Apollo astronauts and their equipment, the pervasive, fine, gritty dust was definitely a problem. On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their rover's fenders in an effort to keep the rooster tails of dust away from themselves and their gear. This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover along with the ingenious application of spare maps, clamps, and a grey strip of "duct tape".

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)

NASA Official: Amber Straughn

A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,

NASA Science Activation

& Michigan Tech. U.

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Apollo 17 on the surface of the Moon at Taurus–Littrow, December 13, 1972. Mission commander Eugene Cernan is seen here next to the Lunar Roving vehicle.

Photo taken by lunar module pilot Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt.

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This Day in History: The Lost Apollo Missions

On this day in 1934, Eugene “Gene” Cernan is born. He would go on to become a pilot, an astronaut, and the 11th person to step foot on the moon. He was the last to reboard the lunar module during Apollo 17, which means that he was also the last person on the moon—at least, so far.

He wasn’t supposed to be the last, though. Did you know that there were supposed to be three more Apollo missions?

Apollos 18 through 20 were canceled. Thus, no astronaut has left low Earth orbit since Apollo 17’s crew returned from their trip.

The official NASA explanation is that budgetary considerations forced their hand, but others believe that the explanation is incomplete. The biggest expense—the hardware—was already built and astronauts were ready to fly.

FULL STORY: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-apollo-17

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Besides sharing the imagery, Blue Ghost has 10 NASA science and technology instruments aboard as part of the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative.

CLPS is part of NASA’s broader Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The instruments are currently working to collect data primarily on the moon’s subsurface, such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface.

Shortly after the sunset, the lander will continue to operate for several hours during the lunar nighttime before the period of darkness and cold temperatures are expected to cause the spacecraft to cease operations.

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[A video of the Apollo 17 astronauts singing a variant of "I was walking in the park one day" while on the moon.]

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#Apollo17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above. Schmitt

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Driving on the moon. New lyric video for ‘Space Surf Navigate’, featuring some 1960s & 70s Apollo era moon landing footage.