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You are bidding on an original NASA 8x10 photo of Apollo 17, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmidt gets suited up in preparation for the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT). November 21, 1972. This item is over 45 years old.


Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program; it remains the most recent time humans have travelled beyond low Earth orbit. Its crew consisted of Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and it carried a biological experiment containing five mice.
 
Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 was a "J-type mission" that included three days on the lunar surface, extended scientific capability, and the use of the third Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).
 
Cernan and Schmitt landed in the Taurus–Littrow valley and completed three moonwalks, taking lunar samples and deploying scientific instruments. The landing site had been chosen to further the mission's main goals: to sample lunar highland material older than Mare Imbrium, and to investigate the possibility of relatively recent volcanic activity. Evans remained in lunar orbit in the command and service module(CSM), taking scientific measurements and photographs (from Wikipedia).

Photo: #72-H-1465.

Other Subjects: Rover, Space, Stars, Astronomy, Planets, Earth, Moon, Mars, Solar System, Aerospace, Astronauts, Satellites, Rockets, Exploring, Apollo Program, Gemini Program, Mercury Program.

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Photo Cond: EX-EX/MT (light photo curling), Please see scans for actual condition.
 

This NASA item would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (nice for Framing).


This Item will be shipped securely. I will combine lots to save on the shipping costs and I use USPS 1st class shipping (it gives both of us tracking of the package).
 
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