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Apollo 17

astronaut standing upon the lunar surface with the United States flag in the background.

Scientist-astronaut

Scientist-astronaut

Harrison H. Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. The Lunar Rake, an Apollo Lunar Geology Hand Tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips.

Scientist-astronaut

Scientist-astronaut

Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

In this Apollo 17

In this Apollo 17

onboard photo, Lunar Module pilot Harrison H. Schmitt collects rock samples from a huge boulder near the Valley of Taurus-Littrow on the lunar surface.

Harrison Schmitt,

Harrison Schmitt,

Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA), at Station 5 at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

Launch - the huge, 363-feet tall

Launch - the huge, 363-feet tall

Apollo 17 space vehicle is launched from Pad A., Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 12:33 a.m. (EST), Dec. 7, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle.

NASA selects teams to study untouched moon samples

University of New Mexico one of nine teams chosen

By Steve Carr March 11, 2019

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Research

Tags: research

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