Apollo 17 0.1 Prelaunch part 6

Apollo 17 0.1 Prelaunch part 6
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[edit] Prelaunch Dinner

KSC-72PC-612 Ron Evans (right), Gene Cernan, and Jack Schmitt listen to Dave Ballard, the Apollo 17 Support Team Leader, at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. (NASA photo, research by J.L. Pickering, image adjustments by Eric Hartwell, caption by Eric M. Jones)
KSC-72PC-612 Ron Evans (right), Gene Cernan, and Jack Schmitt listen to Dave Ballard, the Apollo 17 Support Team Leader, at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. (NASA photo, research by J.L. Pickering, image adjustments by Eric Hartwell, caption by Eric M. Jones)
Clockwise from the bottom): Stu Roosa, Charles Buckley (head of security at the Cape), Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Charlie Duke, Dave Ballard, Jack Schmitt, Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. Jack Schmitt writes, "I think we asked Buckley to join us, maybe because of the Black September situation in the world at that time." Black September was a Palestinian terrorist group which was responsible for an attack on the Olympic Village at the 1972 Munich Games and the death of ten Israeli athletes.
Clockwise from the bottom): Stu Roosa, Charles Buckley (head of security at the Cape), Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Charlie Duke, Dave Ballard, Jack Schmitt, Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. Jack Schmitt writes, "I think we asked Buckley to join us, maybe because of the Black September situation in the world at that time." Black September was a Palestinian terrorist group which was responsible for an attack on the Olympic Village at the 1972 Munich Games and the death of ten Israeli athletes.

[edit] Suitup and Transfer

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