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(August 8, 1972) Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Jack Schmitt are preparing the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and the Communications Relay Unit (LCRU) mission simulation. Support Team Astronaut Gordon Fullerton, standing, left, discusses test procedures to be performed in the High Bay of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB). The Lunar Module Ascent and Descent stages also receive preflight checkout in preparation for the sixth U.S. manned lunar landing mission...Image # : 72PC-0412

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Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the enterprise that landed the first humans on the Moon, launched at 12:33 am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt.

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Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program
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label_outline Explore Jack Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison, Harrison Schmitt

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rover eugene cernan astronaut training lunar communications relay unit manned spacecraft operations building gordon fullerton lrv jack schmitt harrison schmitt gene cernan apollo 17 msob lcru lunar roving vehicle c gordon fullerton astronaut c gordon fullerton lunar module pilot harrison support team astronaut gordon fullerton lunar module ascent apollo lunar mission simulation astronaut commander eugene mission test procedures high bay spacecraft operations descent stages preflight checkout astronauts space flight satellite nasa