#taurus littrow

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[commandmodulepilot]

Happy Birthday America! Remember when you sent men to the moon? Portrait by Astronaut Jack Schmitt of Astronaut Gene Cernan from the surface of the moon / Apollo 17

[from-the-earth-to-the-moon13]

(12 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (on left) and scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt walk through a field of small boulders during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, as seen in this black and white reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Cernan is the Apollo 17 commander; and Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. (Their backs are toward the camera)

[egglybagelface96]

Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) sittin’ pretty, a chariot among worlds, Apollo 17 EVA-3, 14 December 1972.

Found the operators manual for this sweetheart, too. (link)

[from-the-earth-to-the-moon13]

(11 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, displays several days of growth on his beard aboard the Lunar Module (LM) prior to its liftoff from the moon's surface. The photograph was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander. The two later re-joined astronaut Ronald E. Evans, who was orbiting the moon in the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules (CSM).

[floating-hasselblad]

I don't think that's the right one, chief

[from-the-earth-to-the-moon13]

(12 Dec. 1972) --- A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the now highly-publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crew members found on the moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The tripod-like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical sun angle, scale and lunar color. The gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "America" in lunar orbit. Schmitt was the crew man who first spotted the orange soil.

[from-the-earth-to-the-moon13]

Apollo 17 Enters Lunar Orbit (10 Dec. 1972)