Apollo 17

Apollo 17 Аполлон 17

Manned Flight No.	45
Manned flight of the USA No.	27
The manned flight of the Apollo No.	11
Launch:	12/07/1972 05:33:00
Landing:	12/19/1972 19:24:59
Duration:	12 d 13 h 51 m 59 s (301 h 51 m 59 s)
Orbits:	75
Distance:	2 389 768 km
Landing on the Moon:	12/11/1972 19:54:57
Liftoff from the Moon:	12/14/1972 22:54:37
Time on the Moon:	74 h 59 m 40 s
Lunar Coordinates:	20.1908° north, 30.7717° east
Command Module:	America
Lunar Module :	Challenger
Backup Crew:	John Young, Commander Charles Duke, Lunar Module Pilot Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module Pilot

Harrison Schmitt
(Lunar Module Pilot)

Astronaut No. 59

Astronaut of the USA No. 34

Schmitt: 1st flight

Cumulative time: 12 d 13 h 51 m 59 s
(301 h 51 m 59 s)

Eugene Cernan
(Commander)

Astronaut No. 27

Astronaut of the USA No. 16

Cernan: 3rd flight

Cumulative time: 23 d 14 h 16 m 12 s
(566 h 14 m 12 s)

Ronald Evans
(Command Module Pilot)

Astronaut No. 58

Astronaut of the USA No. 33

Evans: 1st flight

Cumulative time: 12 d 13 h 51 m 59 s
(301 h 51 m 59 s)

The Saturn V rocket on Launch Pad 39A.

The crewd display their mission patch.

Apollo 17 landing site.

Apollo 17 LRV traverses.

Command Module America.

Lunar Module Challenger.

Eugene Cernan during lunar surface walk.

Harrison Schmitt during lunar surface walk.

Harrison Schmitt onto the Lunar Rover.

Ronald Evans performing EVA on the route Moon - Earth

Splashdown of Apollo 17.

Apollo 17 splashed down.

Apollo 17 astronauts on the deck of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga.

The Blue Marble photograph of the full Earth disc, taken on Dec. 7, 1972, during Apollo 17’s trip to the Moon.

The Goodwill Rock, Apollo 17 sample 70017.

Eugene Cernan is the last astronaut on the moon.

The longest flight:

06/06/1971 23 d 18 h 21 m 43 s (570 h 21 m 43 s) Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsaev

The largest number of flights: 4 Lovell, Young

The most cumulative time in space: 29 d 22 h 4 m 55 s (718 h 4 m 55 s) James Lovell

Eleventh manned flight on the program Apollo. Sixth and last landing on the moon surface. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt are the eleventh and twelth people on the moon.

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