Lunar & Planetary In: EVA 3 [Third Extra-Vehicular Activity routes during Apollo 17 Mission, 1972]
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Cartographer:
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Lunar & Planetary In
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Title:
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EVA 3 [Third Extra-Vehicular Activity routes during Apollo 17 Mission, 1972]
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Date:
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c. 1972
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Published:
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USA
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Width:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Height:
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8 inches / 21 cm
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Map ref:
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CELEST1237
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Description:
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Unusual transparency sketch map showing third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) during the Apollo 17 mission on 13th December 1972. Framed in LED lightbox with reproduction U. S. G. S. 1971 geological map underlay to show location on the lunar surface.
The third and final extra vehicular activity (EVA) of not just the Apollo 17 mission but the entire Apollo program. This EVA began at 5:26 pm EST on 13th December 1972, again by Commander Eugene Cernan (1934-2017) and Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), the Lunar Module Pilot and geologist.
During this final outing the crew collected 66 kilograms (146 lb) of lunar samples and took nine gravimeter
measurements. They drove the Lunar Rover to the north and east of the landing site and explored the base of the
North Massif, the Sculptured Hills, and the unusual crater Van Serg. Before ending the moonwalk, the crew
collected a rock, a breccia, and dedicated it to several different nations which were represented in Mission
Control Centre in Houston, Texas.
A plaque located on the Lunar Module (LM) commemorating the achievements made during the Apollo program, was then unveiled. Before stepping into the LM for the final time, Gene Cernan expressed his thoughts;
... as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long
into the future - I'd like to just [say] what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has
forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and,
God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. "Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."
The Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle travelled approximately 35.9 km (22.3 mi) in a total drive time of
about four hours and twenty-six minutes; the greatest distance Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt
Manuscript map on transparency produced by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Printed colour underlay.
Framed dimensions 12 x 10 x 3 inches. [CELEST1237] |