Family mountain, Apollo 17
Eugène
Cernan
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Family mountain, Apollo 17
A view of the lunarscape at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt working at the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted the orange soil. Orange soil is clearly visible on either side of the rover in this picture. Shorty Crater is to the right. The peak in the centre background is Family Mountain. A portion of South Massif is on the horizon on the left hand side.
About the artist :
Eugène
Cernan
Eugene Cernan, born 14th March 1934 is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as a lunar module pilot of Apollo 9 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. During this last mission, Cernan became the last man to have walked on the moon, since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Model during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). Cernan was also a back-up crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 missions.
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