Apollo 17 photo releases - JSC

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The old JSC Digital Image Collection is still online. This list contains the releases there related to Apollo 17, plus some additional ones from various sources.

Image	JSC ID	Date	Caption	Description
	S71-51273	1971-12-01	Portrait of Astronaut Ronald E. Evans	Portrait of Astronaut Ronald E. Evans in spacesuit with lunar globe on table in front of him.
	S71-51308	1971-12-01	Portrait of Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan	Portrait of Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan in spacesuit with lunar globe on table in front of him.
	S71-52260	1971-12-01	Portrait of Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt	Portrait of Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt in spacesuit with lunar globe on table in front of him.
	S72-01706	1972-07-01	Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location	A photographic illustration showing a portion of the lunar nearside. The black dot in the Taurus-Littrow area pinpoints the location of the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission. The coordinates of the landing point are 30 degrees 44 minutes 58 seconds east longitude and 20 degrees 9 minutes 50 seconds north latitude.
h	S72-01716	1972-07-01	Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location	An oblique view of the Taurus-Littrow area on the lunar nearside, as photographed from the Apollo 15 spacecraft in lunar orbit. This is an enlarged view. The "X" marks the landing site of the scheduled Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The overlay points out several features in the photograph. The coordinates of the Apollo 17 touchdown point are 30 degrees 44 minutes 58 seconds east longitude and 20 degrees 9 minutes 50 seconds north latitude.
	S72-01718	1972-07-01	Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location	A photographic illustration of a full Moon showing the location of the Apollo 17 landing site on the lunar nearside. The black dot pinpointing the landing site is in the Taurus-Littrow area at the southeastern edge of the Sea of Serenity. The coordinates of the landing point are 30 degrees 44 minutes 38 seconds east longitude and 20 degrees 9 minutes 50 seconds north latitude.
	S72-03145	1972-10-01	Photograph of Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle traverses	A vertical view of the Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow landing site with an overlay to illustrate the three planned Apollo 17 traverses using the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The EVA-1 traverse has a single station (1); the EVA-2 traverse has four stations (2,3,4 and 5); and the EVA-3 traverse has five stations (6,7,8,9 and 10). Stations 10-A and 10-B are alternate locations for Station 10. In addition to the major stations mentioned above, brief stops are planned for sampling between stations using the LRV sampler tool (note diamond-shaped figures), and for deploying explosive charges associated with the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (note black x-marks).
	S72-37253	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Surface Gravimeter	Table-top views of one of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments. This view is of the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG), Experiment S-207, one of the experiments of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The major goal of the LSG is to confirm the existence of gravity waver as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity.
	S72-37255	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment	Table-top views of one of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments. This view is of the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE) (Lunar Mass Spectrometer), Experiment S-205, one of the experiments of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The LACE will measrue components in the ambient lunar atmosphere in the range of one to 110 atomic mass units (AMU).
	S72-37257	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment	Table-top views of one of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments. This view is of the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment (S-202), one of the experiments of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The purpose of this experiment is to measure the physical parameters of primary and secondary particles impacting the lunar surface.
	S72-37259	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the Geophone Module and Cable Reels of the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (S-203), a component of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. After it is triggered, the experiment will settle down into a passive listening mode, detecting Moonquakes, meteorite impacts and the thump caused by the Lunar Module ascent stage impact (37259); The remote antenna for the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (S-203) (37260).
	S72-37260	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the Geophone Module and Cable Reels of the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (S-203), a component of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package which will be carried on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. After it is triggered, the experiment will settle down into a passive listening mode, detecting Moonquakes, meteorite impacts and the thump caused by the Lunar Module ascent stage impact (37259); The remote antenna for the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (S-203) (37260).
	S72-44420	1972-06-08	Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, prepares to remove a traverse gravimeter training mock-up from a Lunar Roving Vehicle for deployment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulations at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (44420); Cernan practices with a lunar drill during lunar surface EVA simulations (44421).
	S72-44421	1972-06-08	Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, prepares to remove a traverse gravimeter training mock-up from a Lunar Roving Vehicle for deployment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulations at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (44420); Cernan practices with a lunar drill during lunar surface EVA simulations (44421).
	S72-44423	1972-06-08	Apollo 17 Astronauts during EVA training	Two Apollo 17 crewmen ready a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer following its deployment from a Lunar Module trainer in the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Taking part in the Apollo 17 training exercise were Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (right), commander; and Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt, lunar module pilot.
	S72-48728	1972-08-28	Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad	A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728); A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729); A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
	S72-48729	1972-08-28	Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad	A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728); A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729); A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
	S72-48730	1972-08-28	Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad	A ground-level view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle arriving at the pad. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower were moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad atop a crawler-transporter. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right (48728); A close-up ground-level view of Apollo 17 spacec vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39 (48729); A ground-level view of the Apollo 17 space vehicle leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC (48730).
	S72-48854	1972-09-06	Apollo 17 crewmembers examine rock specimens during geological field trip	Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission examine rock specimens during lunar surface extravehicular activity simulation training on a geological field trip to the Pancake Range area of south-central Nevada. They are Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (right), commander; and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. They are standing on the rim of Lunar Crater, which is about 600 ft. deep and five-eighths of a mile in diameter. It is a volcanic crater.
	S72-48859	1972-09-06	Apollo 17 crewmembers examine rock specimens during geological field trip	Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission examine rock specimens during lunar surface extravehicular activity simulation training on a geological field trip to the Pancake Range area of south-central Nevada. They are Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (right), commander; and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. Note the backpacks and chest-mounted cameras they are wearing.
	S72-48864	1972-09-06	Apollo 17 crewmembers ride Lunar Roving Vehicle during geological field trip	Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer during lunar surface extravehicular activity simulation training in the Pancake Range area of south-central Nevada. They are Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (foreground), commander; and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's right), lunar module pilot.
	S72-48887	1972-09
	S72-48888	1972-09-13	Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888); Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889); Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890); Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891); Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
	S72-48889	1972-09-13	Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888); Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889); Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890); Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891); Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
	S72-48890	1972-09-13	Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888); Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889); Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890); Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891); Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
	S72-48891	1972-09-13	Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888); Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889); Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890); Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891); Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
	S72-48892	1972-09-13	Apollo 17 crewmen during EVA training	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), commander, and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulate collecting lunar samples during extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida (48888); Apollo 17 crew ride in a Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat and Schmitt is on his right (48889); Schmitt procures a geological hand tool from the tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Schmitt grasps a scoop with extension handle in his right hand (48890); Schmitt (foreground) simulates scooping up lunar sample material while Cernan (background) holds a sample bag (48891); Close-up view of Cernan and Schmitt riding in Lunar Roving Vehicle during lunar surface EVA simulation training at KSC. Cernan is seated in the left-hand seat. Schmnitt is on Cernan's right (48892).
	S72-48936		Jack Schmitt (right front seat) and Gene Cernan on the Survey's Explorer vehicle
	S72-49079	1972-09-13	Emblem of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission	This is the Official emblem of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission which will be flown by Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt. The insignia is dominated by the image of Apollo, the Greek sun god. Suspended in space behind the head of Apollo is an American eagle of contemporary design, the red bars of the eagle's wing represent the bars in the U.S. flag; the three white stars symbolize the three astronaut crewmen. The background is deep blue space and within it are the Moon, the planet Saturn and a spiral galaxy or nebula. The Moon is partially overlaid by the eagle's wing suggesting that this is a celestial body that man has visited and in that sense conquered. The thrust of the eagle and the gaze of Apollo to the right and toward Saturn and the galaxy is meant to imply that man's goals in space will someday include the planets and perhaps the stars. The colors of the emblem are red, white and blue, the colors of our flag; with the addition of gold, to
	S72-49482	1972-11-22	Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment	The Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment (S-209) which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module. The Lunar Sounder will probe three-quarters of a mile below the Moon's surface from the orbiting Apollo 17 spacecraft. Electronic data recorded on film will be retrieved by the crew during transearth EVA.
	S72-49760	1972-10-01	Artist's concept of topographical layout of Taurus-Littrow landing site	An artist's concept illustrating the topographical layout of the Taurus-Littrow landing site, depicting the traverses planned on the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission using the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The Roman numerals indicate the three periods of extravehicular activity (EVA). The Arabic numbers represent the station stops. The mountain in the center of the picture is South Massif. A portion of North Massif is in the lower right corner of the photograph. The names of some of the craters are: Camelot (at Station 5); Emory (nearest Station 1); Sherlock (at station 10); Steno (between Emory and Sherlock); Amundsen (at Station 2); Lara (at Station 3); Henry (nearest Station 6); Shakespeare (nearest Station 9); Cochise (nearest Station 8); and Powell (halfway between Camelot and Emory). Note the ridge-like feature extending from Station 2 to North Massif. The southern portion of the ridge is called Lee Scarp; and the Northerly portion is Lincoln Scarp. This concept is by MSC artist Jerry Elm
	S72-49761	1972-10-01	Artist's concept of topographical layout of Taurus-Littrow landing site	An artist's concept illustrating the topographical layout of the Taurus-Littrow landing site of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module touchdown point is in the center of the smooth area in the middle of the picture. The imposing mountain in the center is South Massif. A portion of North Massif is in the lower right corner of the photograph. Note the ridge-like feature extending from South Massif to North Massif. The southern portion of the ridge is called Lee Scarp and the northerly portion Lincoln Scarp. This concept is by MSC artist Jerry Elmore.
	S72-49970	1972-09-13	Astronaut Ronald Evans is suited up for EVA training	Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, is assisted by technicians in suiting up for extravehicular activity (EVA) training in a water tank in bldg 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (49970); Evans participates in EVA training in a water tank in bldg 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The structure in the picture simulates the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module (49971).
	S72-49971	1972-09-13	Astronaut Ronald Evans is suited up for EVA training	Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, is assisted by technicians in suiting up for extravehicular activity (EVA) training in a water tank in bldg 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (49970); Evans participates in EVA training in a water tank in bldg 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The structure in the picture simulates the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module (49971).
	S72-50268	1972-09-30	Astronaut Harrison Schmitt participates in simulation aboard KC-135	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, simulates preparing to deploy the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation training under one-sixth gravity conditions aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft.
	S72-50269		Astronaut Harrison Schmitt participates in simulation aboard KC-135
	S72-50270	1972-09-30	Astronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation training under one-sixth gravity conditions aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. Here, Cernan simulates removing an experiment package from the aft end of a Lunar Roving Vehicle (50270); Astronaut Stuart A. Rossa, backup crew command module pilot of the Apollo 17 mission, participates in EVA simulation training aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. A mock-up of the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module is used in the exercise. Here, Roosa simulates retrieving the film cassette of the Mapping Camera from the SIM bay (50271).
	S72-50271	1972-09-30	Astronauts Cernan and Rossa participate in simulation aboard KC-135	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, participates in lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation training under one-sixth gravity conditions aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. Here, Cernan simulates removing an experiment package from the aft end of a Lunar Roving Vehicle (50270); Astronaut Stuart A. Rossa, backup crew command module pilot of the Apollo 17 mission, participates in EVA simulation training aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. A mock-up of the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module is used in the exercise. Here, Roosa simulates retrieving the film cassette of the Mapping Camera from the SIM bay (50271).
	S72-50438	1972-10-10	Apollo 17 prime crew portrait	These three astronauts are the prime crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. They are Eugene A. Cernan (seated), commander; Ronald E. Evans (standing on right), command module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. They are photographed with a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer. Cernan and Schmitt will use an LRV during their exploration of the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The Apollo 17 Saturn V space vehicle is in the background. This picture was taken at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, The Apollo 17 emblem is in the photo insert at upper left.
	S72-53470	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments	Table-top views of two of the Apollo 17 lunar orbital experiments. Views include the the Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Experiment S-169, one of the lunar orbital science experiments which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module. Atomic composition, density and scale height for several contituents of the lunar atmosphere will be measured by the experiment. Solar far-UV radiation reflected from the lunar surface as well as UV radiation emitted by galactic sources also will be detected (53470); The Infrared Scanning Radiometer (ISR), Experiment S-171, which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Service Module. The ISR experiment will provide a lunar surface temperature map with improved temperature and spatial resolution over what has been possible before (53471).
	S72-53471	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiments	Table-top views of two of the Apollo 17 lunar orbital experiments. Views include the the Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Experiment S-169, one of the lunar orbital science experiments which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module. Atomic composition, density and scale height for several contituents of the lunar atmosphere will be measured by the experiment. Solar far-UV radiation reflected from the lunar surface as well as UV radiation emitted by galactic sources also will be detected (53470); The Infrared Scanning Radiometer (ISR), Experiment S-171, which will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Service Module. The ISR experiment will provide a lunar surface temperature map with improved temperature and spatial resolution over what has been possible before (53471).
	S72-53472	1972-11-22	Artist's concept of radar beams of Apollo 17 Lunar Sounder will probe surface	An artist's concept of how radar beams of the Apollo 17 Lunar Sounder experiment will probe three-quarters of a mile below the Moon's surface from the orbiting spacecraft. The Lunar Sounder will be mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 17 Service Module.
	S72-53950	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the transmitter of the Surface Electrical Porperties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53950); The Receiver-Recorder of the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53951); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover removed, which will be used by the Apollo 17 crewmen at the Taurus-Littrow landing site (53952); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover (53953).
	S72-53951	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the transmitter of the Surface Electrical Porperties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53950); The Receiver-Recorder of the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53951); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover removed, which will be used by the Apollo 17 crewmen at the Taurus-Littrow landing site (53952); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover (53953).
	S72-53952	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the transmitter of the Surface Electrical Porperties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53950); The Receiver-Recorder of the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53951); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover removed, which will be used by the Apollo 17 crewmen at the Taurus-Littrow landing site (53952); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover (53953).
	S72-53953	1972-11-22	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment	Table-top views of some of the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment equipment. Included are the transmitter of the Surface Electrical Porperties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53950); The Receiver-Recorder of the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment (S-204) in a deployed configuration (53951); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover removed, which will be used by the Apollo 17 crewmen at the Taurus-Littrow landing site (53952); The Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (S-199), with cover (53953).
	S72-54413	1972-12-12	Photograph of Apollo 17 lunar landing site location	A vertical view of the Taurus-Littrow landing area photographed on an earlier Apollo mission from lunar orbit. The mission photograph is surrounded on all sides by a computer-generated 360-degree panorama of the region as seen by an observer at the nominal Apollo 17 Lunar Module Landing site. The 360-degree panorama is divided into four sections, north-east-south-west. Each section includes an overlap of about 15 degrees with each adjacent section. The observer's eye level is 1.8 meters above the surface. The features on the panorama were marked by an overlay on the photograph. The panoramic scene was generated by processing a digitized form of the U.S. Army TOPCOM compilation of the terrain contours in the Taurus-Littrow landing area.
	S72-54471			Gene Cernan (nearest) and Jack Schmitt on the USGS Grover vehicle driving by part of the Bonita lava Flow near Sunset Crater
	S72-54502			Gene Cernan (nearest) and Jack Schmitt on the USGS Grover vehicle driving by part of the Bonita lava Flow near Sunset Crater
	S72-54547			The final geologic field exercise for the Apollo 17 crew -- and for the Apollo Program -- occurred 2-3 November 1972 at Sunset Crater National Monument and the Cinder Lake Crater Field just northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona: (a) Gene Cernan (yellow jacket and "70's" pants) and Jack Schmitt on platform containing the Geological Survey's canvas simulation of the Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage. The astronauts, to describe their surrounding before egression onto the "lunar" surface, used the LM windows -- at the same height above the surface as those on the actual LM -- during the test. The snow-covered San Francisco Peaks are prominent in the background.
	S72-54813	1972-11-30	Nighttime scene at Pad A, Launch Complex 39 showing Apollo 17 space vehicle	Searchlights illuminate this nighttime scene at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, showing the Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle during prelaunch preparations. Apollo 17 will be the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Note the full moon in the background.
	S72-54881	1972-12-06	Mission Operations Control Center during Apollo 17 launch	Flight director's console during the Apollo 17 liftoff. View shows Neil Hutchingson, Eugene Kranz and Gerald Griffin in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR), bldg 30, Mission Control Center.
	S72-54999	1972-12-10	Seismometer reading viewed in ALSEP Room in Misson Control during Apollo 17	The seismometer readings from the impact made by the Apollo 17 Saturn S-IVB stage when it struck the lunar surface are viewed in the ALSEP Room in the Misson Control Center at Houston by Dr. Maurice Ewing, professor of geophysics of the Universtiy of Texas at Galveston. The seismic tracings are from sensings made by seismometers of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Packages left on the Moon during earlier Apollo lunar landing missions.
	S72-55064	1972-12-11	Television transmission of Astronaut Eugene Cernan using Lunar Surface Drill	Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan operates the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, in this black and white reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the RCA color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Cernan is the commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission.
	S72-55065	1972-12-06	Television transmission of Astronaut Harrison Schmitt with geophone module	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is seen anchoring the geophone module with a flag during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, in this black and white reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the RCA color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. The geophone module is part of the Lunar Seismic profiling Experiment (S-203), a component of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP).
	S72-55070	1972-12-07	Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission	The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Flame from the five F-1 engines of the Apollo/Saturn first (S-1C) stage illuminates the nighttime scene.
	S72-55166	1972-12-12	Television transmission of Astronaut Harrison Schmitt falling during EVA	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt loses his balance and heads for a fall during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, in this black and white reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the RCA color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot.
	S72-55169			This image is a photographic replica of the plaque that the Apollo 17 astronauts left on the Moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Apollo 17 was the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. The commemorative plaque was unveiled at the close of the third extravehicular activity (EVA-3). The plaque was made of stainless steel measuring nine by seven and five-eighths inches, and one-sixteenth inch thick. It was attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of Apollo 17 Lunar Module "Challenger."
	S72-55170	1972-12-11	Personnel in Mission Control conferring on repair to LRV fender	These five men in the Mission Control Center ponder the solution to the problem of the damage to the right rear fender of the Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Clockwise are Astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., two Apollo 17 capcoms; Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations at MSC; Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ.; and Ronald V. Blevins, an EVA-1 flight controller with General Electric. They are looking over a makeshift repair arrangement which uses lunar maps and clamps from the optical alignment telescope lamp, a repair suggestion made by Astronaut Young.
	S72-55417	1972-12-14	View of the plaque to be left on the moon by the Apollo 17 astronauts	View of the plaque to be left at the Taurus-Littrow lunar landing site by the Apollo 17 astronauts. The commemorative plaque is made of stainless steel measuring nine by seven by five-eighths inches and one-sixteenth inch thick. It is attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of the Apollo 17 Lunar Module "Challenger".
	S72-55420	1972-12-13	Television transmission of Astronauts Cernan and Schmitt sending greetings	Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (on left) and Harrison H. Schmitt pay their respects and send their best wishes to the members of the International Youth Science Tour, who were visiting the Manned Spacecraft Center, in brief ceremonies near the close of the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture is a reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the RCA color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
	S72-55421	1972-12-14	Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" liftoff from Taurus-Littrow landing site	The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) "Challenger" ascent stage leaves the Taurus-Littrow landing site as it makes its spectacular liftoff from the lunar surface, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The LM liftoff was at 188:01:36 ground elapsed time, 4:54:36 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 1972. The LM descent stage is used as a launching platform and remains behind on the Moon. Here, the two stages have completely separated and the ascent stage is headed skyward.
	S72-55423	1972-12-14	Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" liftoff from Taurus-Littrow landing site	The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) "Challenger" ascent stage makes its liftoff from the lunar surface, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The LM liftoff was at 188:01:36 ground elapsed time, 4:54:36 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 1972. The LM descent stage is used as a launching platform and remains behind on the Moon.
	S72-55482	1972-12-07	Launch of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission	The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Flame from the five F-1 engines of the Apollo/Saturn first (S-1C) stage illuminates the nighttime scene.
	S72-55834	1972-12-19	Apollo 17 command module splashdown in South Pacific Ocean	The Apollo 17 command module, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean to conclude the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. This overhead view was taken from a recovery aircraft seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 304:31:59 ground elapsed time, 1:24:59 p.m. December 19, 1972 about 350 nautical miles southeast of the Samoan Islands.
	S72-55937	1972-12-19	Apollo 17 crew arrive aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga	The three Apollo 17 crewmen arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, to conclude the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. They are Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (waving), Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's left), and Ronald E. Evans (standing in back). VIPs, dignitaries, Officials and Navy personnel give the three crewmen a red-carpet welcome.
	S72-56147	1972-12-19	Apollo 17 command module in South Pacific Ocean before recovery operations	A water-level view of the Apollo 17 command module floating in the Pacific following splashdown and prior to recovery. The prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, is in the background. A U.S. Navy UDT swimmer stands on the flotation collar. Apollo 17 splashdown occured at 1:24:59 p.m., December 19, 1972, about 350 nautical miles southeast of Samoa.
	S72-56362	1972-12-27	Astronaut Harrison Schmitt looks at "orange" soil brought back by Apollo 17	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt (facing camera), Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, was one of the first to look at the sample of "orange" soil brought back from the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the Apollo 17 crewmen.
	S73-15083	1973-01-04	Photomicrograph of sphere and fragments in "orange" soil from Apollo 17	A photomicrograph of spheres and fragments in the "orange" soil which was brought back from the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the Apollo 17 crewmen. The sample in this picture, magnified 31.5 times, shows particiles in the 150-250 micron size range (fine sand). Finer particles, similar in size to particles making up silt, are more distinctly orange in color.
	S73-15171	1973-01-04	Photomicrograph of sphere and fragments in "orange" soil from Apollo 17	These orange glass spheres and fragments are the finest particles ever brought back from the Moon. Ranging in size from 20 to 45 microns (about 1/1000 of an inch) the particles are magnified 160 times in this photomicrograph made in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The orange soil was brought back from the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the Apollo 17 crewmen.
	S73-15713	1972-01-18	View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 76055	A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 76055 being studied and analyzed in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center. This tan-gray irregular, rounded breccia was among many lunar samples brought back from the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the Apollo 17 crew. The rock measures 18x20x25 centimeters (7.09x7.87x9.84 inches) and weighs 6,389 grams (14.2554 pounds). The rock was collected from the south side of the Lunar Roving Vehicle while the Apollo 17 astronauts were at Station 6 (base of North Massif).
	S73-16007	1972-01-18	View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72255	A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72255 which was brought back from the lunar surface by the final team of Apollo astronauts. The rock weighs 461.2 grams and measures 2.5x9x10.5 centimeters. The light grey breccia is sub-rounded on all faces except the top and north sides.
	S73-16198	1972-01-18	View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0	A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0 which was brought back from the lunar surface by the final team of Apollo astronauts. This sample is a brecciated dunite clast weighing a little over 32 grams (about 1.14 ounces). This sample was collected at Station 2 (South Massif) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2).
	S73-16199	1972-01-18	View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0	A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0 which was brought back from the lunar surface by the final team of Apollo astronauts. This sample is a brecciated dunite clast weighing a little over 32 grams (about 1.14 ounces). This sample was collected at Station 2 (South Massif) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2).
	S73-22871	1973-04-12	Astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder during third EVA	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the Moon. The lunar rover, which transported Schmitt and Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander, to this extravehicular station from their Lunar Module, is seen in the background. Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot. The mosaic is made from two frames from Apollo 17 Hasselblad magaine 140.
	S73-38345	1973-12-11	Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission	Two of the three Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their historic lunar landing mission of one year ago by presenting the flight controllers in Mission Control Center (MSC) the U.S. flag which flew with them to the Moon. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, center, Apollo 17 commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, right, lunar module pilot, are shown with Eugene F. Kranz, who accepted the flag on behalf of all the flight controllers during special ceremonies in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of MCC during the third manned Skylab mission. Kranz is Chief of the Flight Control Division of the Flight Operations Directorate at JSC.
	S73-38346	1973-12-11	Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission	Two of the three Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their historic lunar landing mission of one year ago by presenting the flight controllers in Mission Control Center (MSC) the U.S. flag which flew with them to the Moon. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, center, Apollo 17 commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, right, lunar module pilot, are shown with Eugene F. Kranz, who accepted the flag on behalf of all the flight controllers during special ceremonies in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of MCC during the third manned Skylab mission. Kranz is Chief of the Flight Control Division of the Flight Operations Directorate at JSC.
	S82-26645	1982-03-01	Apollo glove assembly	Spacesuit inner gloves (left) consist of pressure bladders covered by Beta Cloth. EVA outer gloves are made of Beta Cloth, Mylar and a metallic mesh hand area. The thumb and fingertips of the glove are molded of silicone rubber to permit a degree of sensitivity. The inner gloves attach to the suit by pressure sealing rings, similar to those used in helmet to suit connections. The outer gloves served as a cover to protect from micrometeorites, abrasions and heat.
	S82-26647	1982-03-01	Apollo glove assembly, helmet and space food	View from left to right (top row) portion of Apollo spacesuit helmet, boot, and outer glove. Front row consists of various types of space food in different types of containers.

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