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Apollo 17: astronauts saluting people on Earth

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo17-30100

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 19 cm

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) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture is a reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. Noting that they had collected a very significant rock composed of many fragments, Schmitt said, "A portion of a rock will be sent to a representative agency or museum in each of the countries represented by the young people in Houston today..." 13 Dec. 1972.

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1972 - APOLLO - APOLLO 17 - ASTRONAUT - CERNAN EUGENE - HELMET - HUMAN - LUNAR SURFACE - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MOON - SCHMITT HARRISON - SOIL - SPACE - SPACE SUIT - TELECAST - WAVE -