Schmitt et le cratère Camelot
Eugène
Cernan
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Schmitt et le cratère Camelot
Scientist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, with his adjustable sampling scoop, heads for a selected rock on the lunar surface to retrieve the sample for study. The action was photographed by Apollo 17 crew commander, Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan on the mission's second extravehicular activity (EVA-2), at Station 5 (Camelot Crater) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.
About the artist :
Eugène
Cernan
Eugene Cernan, born 14th March 1934 is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as a lunar module pilot of Apollo 9 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. During this last mission, Cernan became the last man to have walked on the moon, since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Model during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). Cernan was also a back-up crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 missions.
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