Photo, Print, Drawing Earth, as Seen by Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmidt from Apollo 17.
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Title
- Earth, as Seen by Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmidt from Apollo 17.
Summary
- The Apollo 17 mission, which took place December 7-19, 1972, was the last of the missions to the moon carried out in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald B. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt undertook the mission, which lasted 12 days, 13 hours, and 52 minutes and included a lunar surface stay of 75 hours. The lunar landing site was the highlands and valley area of Taurus-Littrow (20° 16' north latitude, 30° 77' east longitude). The mission gathered 110.4 kilograms of lunar material and set up NASA's sixth automated research station. This photograph shows the earth as it would have appeared to the astronauts on their journey home.
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Environmental Protection Agency, 1972-12.
Headings
- - 1972
- - Apollo 17 (Spacecraft)
- - Clouds
- - Earth (Planet)
- - Space exploration
- - United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photograph (color).
- - Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Documeria: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, Compiled 1972-1977
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669760
Online Format
- compressed data
- image