Apollo 17 Image Library

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For those interested in the subject of Apollo Photography and the Color of the Moon, see a brief discussion written for the ALSJ by Michael Light.

This Apollo 17 Image Library contains all of the pictures taken on the lunar surface by the astronauts together with pictures from pre-flight training and pictures of equipment and the flight hardware. High-resolution version of many of the lunar surface images are included. A source for both thumbnail and low -resolution versions of the lunar surface images is a website compiled by Paul Spudis and colleagues at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Sections:

• Landing Site Maps/Images
• Assembled Panoramas
• Pre-Flight Crew and Equipment
• Vehicle Assembly, Transport and Pad Checkout
• Saturn V Launch
• Mission Support Images
• Mission Images by Magazine Number
• Magazine 133/J (B&W) EVA-2, Frames 20193-20375
• Magazine 134/B (Color) EVA-1, EVA-3, Frames 20376-20532
• Magazine 135/G (B&W) EVA-2, Frames 20533-20679
• Magazine 136/H (B&W) EVA-1, Frames 20680-20865
• Magazine 137/C (Color) EVA-2, Frames 20866-21027
• Magazine 138/I (B&W) EVA-2, Frames 21028-21184
• Magazine 139/K (B&W) 500mm EVA-3, Rev 62-74, Frames 21185-21350
• Magazine 140/E (Color) EVA-3, Frame 21351-21509
• Magazine 141/L (B&W) EVA-3, Frames 21510-21668
• Magazine 142/M (B&W) EVA-3, Frames 21669-21833
• Magazine 143/N (B&W) EVA-3, 21834-21982
• Magazine 144/R (B&W) Post-EVA-1, EVA-2, Frames 21983-22132
• Magazine 145/D (Color) EVA-2, Post-EVA-3, Rev. 52, Frames 22133-22288
• Magazine 146/F (Color) EVA-3, Frames 22289-22450
• Magazine 147/A (Color) Rev12, EVA-1, Frames 22451-22606
• Magazine 148/NN (Color) CSM Earth orbit, TLC, Lunar orbit, Frames 22607-22775
• Magazine 149/KK (Color) CSM Lunar orbit, Frames 22776-22941
• Magazine 150/LL (Color) CSM Lunar orbit, Frames 22942-23105
• Magazine 151/OO (Color) CSM Lunar orbit, inc. LM undocking for descent, Frames 23106-23269
• Magazine 152/PP (Color) CSM Lunar orbit and transearth coast, Frames 23270-23420
• Magazine 153/MM (Color) CSM Lunar orbit, Frames 23421-23593
• Magazine 154/QQ (B&W) CSM translunar coast and Lunar orbit, Frames 23594-23689
• Magazine 155/RR (B&W) CSM Lunar orbit, Frames 23690-23776
• Magazine 156/UU (35 mm B&W) Gray Scale Calibration, Frames 23777-23816
• Magazine 157/VV (35 mm B&W) CSM Rev 74, TransEarth Coast, Frames 23817-23862
• Magazine 158/WW (35 mm B&W) CSM Rev 17 Earthshine photography, Frames 23863-23903
• Magazine 159/XX (35 mm B&W) CSM Rev 23-38 Zodical Light and A17 Landing Site, Frames 23904-23945
• Magazine 160/YY (35 mm B&W) CSM Rev 42-67 Zodical Light and lunar surface features, Frames 23946-23997
• Magazine 161/ZZ (35 mm B&W) CSM Earthshine photography, Frames 23998-24034
• Magazine 162/SS (Color) TransLunar Coast, Rev 15, Frames 24035-24106
• Magazine 163/TT (Color) TransEarth Coast, Frames 24107-24180
• Medium Resolution Images from Magazine 140/Station 6
• Recovery and Post-Flight Photos
• Mission Report Figures
• Preliminary Science Report Figures
• Lunar Rover Images
• ALSEP Images
• Miscellaneous Images

Apollo 17 - The End of an Era

Grumman pre-mission artwork. This vision of the landing site has several problems. In the distance, the mountains on the left side are clearly those of the Apollo 15 site, including such recognizable features as St. George Crater and Silver Spur. The astronaut near the top of the ladder would probably not be climbing up as casually as shown, with only one hand on the porch railing and his body turned. The ALSEP deployment area is depicted as being SSW of the LM rather than being directly west. And, finally, the LM is shown on the edge of a steep decline: graphically spectacular but not a position Gene or the targeting people would have chosen. Scans by J.L. Pickering.

The image linked here is a portion of Pan Camera frame AS17-2309 showing the South Massif at the upper right and the Sculptured Hills at the lower left. The North Massif is at the bottom right and Henry Crater is the rightmost of the three large craters in a triangular pattern at the foot of the mountain. This orientation is to facilitate comparison with features in the Station 6 high resolution images below. See also the labeled version of this frame. The distance from Station 6 above Henry to the LM is 3.5 km; to Bear Mountain, about 8 km; and to the outcrop noted in 21498 below, about 18 km. Scans by Ron Wells.

Image from the Hubble Site

Images and animation by NASA, ESA, G. Shirah and A. Kekesi (GSFC/SVS), and G. Bacon (STScI)

This telescopic view of Taurus-Littrow was taken by Ulrich Lotzmann at about 0100 UTC 22 September 2005 from Marburg, Germany. At the landing site, the sun was about 15 degrees above the western horizon at an azimuth of about 266.

This telescopic view of Taurus-Littrow was taken by Ulrich Lotzmann at about 0000 UTC 12 October 2006 from Marburg, Germany. At the landing site, the sun was about 25 degrees above the western horizon at an azimuth of about 261 degrees east of north. Bear Mountain is clearly visible in the southcentral part of the valley

This telescopic view of Taurus-Littrow was taken by Ulrich Lotzmann at about 2150 UTC 22 April 2007 from Marburg, Germany. At the landing site, the sun was about 5.9 degrees above the eastern horizon. Bear Mountain is clearly visible in the southcentral part of the valley; (Old) Family Mountain is just outside the western entrance to the valley; and (West) Family Mountain (aka the West Massif) is immediately west of the South Massif. Ken Glover has created a labelled gif animation ( 642k ).

This telescopic view of Taurus-Littrow was taken by Danny Ross Lunsford at about 0815 UTC 1 October 2007 from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. At the landing site, the sun was at an elevation of 2.4 degrees virtually due west of the LM on an azimuth of 270.2. North is at the lower left; a rotated version has the Sun at the top. The pre-EVA-1 window pan taken on Jack's side shows the view to the west at about 2156 UTC on 11 December 1972. The window pan was taken at about 2156 UTC on 11 December 1972, about two hours after the landing. The down-Sun azimuth was about 276 degrees and, therefore, about 6 degrees north of the direction of the setting Sun on 1 October 2007. In the window pan, the LM shadow is pointing at the West Massif (aka (New) Family Mountain). (Old) Family Mountain is next right. The local horizon to the west is actually the near rim of Camelot Crater, which is about 2 - 2.5 degrees above the surface at the LM. Using a composite of adjacent details from LTO 42C2 and 43D1 and making allowances for the curvature of the Moon, viewed from the LM, the summit of the West Massif is at an elevation of about 4.7 degrees on an azimuth of about 279 degrees and the summit of (Old) Family Mountain is at an elevation of about 3.7 degrees on an azimuth of about 293 degrees. Readers should note that, becuase of the flat film plane in the Hasselblads, degrees/cm varies with distance from the center of an image. For an observer at the LM on 1 October 2007, the Sun was apparently behind the left flank of the West Massif. This seems to be consistent with the deep shaodws on the floor of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow in Lundford's telescopic view.

This scanned copy of Orbit Monitor Chart flown in Challenger is missing page 15 (see next), which covers the landing site. PDF document courtesy Kim Poor.

Larry McGlynn has provided this scan of the flown chart, autographed by both Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt.

Defense Mapping Agency 1: 250,000 sheet scanned at 150 dpi by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. The landing site is in the lower left corner.

1975 Defense Mapping Agency 1:50,000 sheet centered about 1.5 km south of Camelot Crater and including all areas visited by the Apollo 17 crew. 200 dpi scan courtesy Robin Wheeler.

Defense Mapping Agency 1: 250,000 sheet scanned at 150 dpi by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This quadrangle adjoins the Littrow quadrangle on the West and includes (West) Family Mountain.

Adjacent portions of the Littrow and Clerke Quadrangles have been combined to show the valley and features immediately to the west.

The frame was taken on December 11, 1972 at 23:47:38.1 GMT during CSM Rev 15 from an altitude of 113.07 km. In terms of the mission time, the photo was taken at 116:54:38 -- just seven minutes before Gene and Jack started their watches for the first EVA. John Pfannerstill has scanned three portions of the frame.

In the central area around the LM, the largest crater is Camelot at the upper left. A labeled version highlights the LM and Poppie. In the area north of the LM, covering the EVA-3 traverse, Henry is the large crater at the foot of the North Massif just above and to the right of the center of the image. In the area west of the LM, covering the EVA-2 traverse, Nansen is at the lower left, Camelot is at the right edge above center, and Shorty is the sharp-rimmed, dark-edged crater at top center, about a Camelot diameter below the top edge of the image. Brian McInall has created a composite from the three details

This detail includes Stations 3, Shorty, Victory, Camelot, and, in the north, Hanover Crater and the nearby portion of the scarp. 1600 dpi scan courtesy of Stephen Tellier at the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

This 1200 dpi scan shows the area immediately around Shorty. A labeled version ( 1.6 Mb ) highlights the Station 4 boulder and the location on the southeast rim from which Gene took his color pan. The 10-m craters labeled 'a' and 'b' are also shown in a labeled detail ( 240k ) from Gene's pan frame AS17-137-21013.

This labeled detail shows the area traversed between Gatsby and Sherlock during the EVA-3 return to the LM. Gene and Jack stopped on the east of Gatsby to take photos and continued onward at about 168:51:03 and made a sampling stop just north of Sherlock at about 168:59:46. Using the traverse path plotted in Figure 7E (0.8 Mb ) in the USGS Professional Paper, I have indicated the locations of these two stops. I have also indicated a likely candidate for the large piece of subfloor gabbro that Jack asked Gene to drive towards starting at about 168:56:53. The last photo of the boulder Jack took before they drove past at about 168:57:04 is AS17-143-21882.

This is figure 10.27 from the Lunar Sourcebook, G.H. Heiken, D.T. Vaniman and B.M. French, editors, copyright 1991 by Cambridge University Press, reproduced with permission.

Figure 6 from USGS Professional Paper 1080 The Geologic Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site gives an overview of the routes taken during the three geology traverses. Scans by John Burton and Brian McInall.

Figure 7E ( 0.8 Mb ) shows the area around the LM and the entirety of the EVA-1 traverse.

Figure 7C ( 0.9 Mb ) shows the outbound and inbound EVA-2 traverse segments between Camelot and Tortilla Flat.

Figure 7A ( 0.9 Mb ) shows the outbound and inbound EVA-2 traverse segments between Tortilla Flat and Hole-in-the-Wall.

Figure 7B ( 0.9 Mb ) shows the outbound and inbound EVA-2 traverse segments between Hole-in-the-Wall and Nansen.

Figure 7D ( 0.8 Mb ) shows the EVA-3 traverse as far as Station 9 at Van Serg.

Figure 7E ( 0.8 Mb ) shows the EVA-3 return to the LM from Van Serg.

This scanned copy of Orbit Monitor Chart flown in Challenger is missing page 15, which covers the landing site. PDF document courtesy Kim Poor.

LM ground track for the first five minutes of the ascent. Scan by Robin Wheeler from Mapping of the Moon by Z.Kopal and R.W. Carder (1974).

This frame was taken just after lift-off with the 16-mm camera mounted in Jack Schmitt's LM window. It is also Figure 4-53 ( 1271k ) in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report where the caption reads, in part "the irregular dark lines between the LM and the ALSEP instruments are LRV tracks." In fact, the leftmost track was made by Jack Schmitt as he carried the ALSEP packages out to the eventual ALSEP site. Scan and labels by Brian McInall.

This picture is an enlargement of an image taken from the Apollo 15 Command Module.

This map of the landing site shows the location of major features and, also, the impact point of the Ascent Stage on the South Massif.

This map shows the area immediately surrounding the target and shows the local coordinate system used during the mission.

Grid lines on this map are separated by 400 meters; that is, the distance from 79 to 81 in the east-west direction and from DJ to DL in the north-south direction is 400 meters. Only every second one of the major grid divisions is shown on this map. In the north-south direction, there is actually a DK coordinate halfway between DJ and DL and, likewise, an east-west 80 coordinate midway between 79 and 81. These major grid divisions - say DJ and DK - are separated by 200 meters. The planned landing site was DM.8/82.2, which is 0.8 x 200 = 160 meters north of DM and 0.2 x 200 = 40 meters east of the 82 coordinate line. The actual landing site is near DN.2/83.3.

Planned EVA-1 Traverse ( 225k )

Planned EVA-2 Traverse ( 252k )

Planned EVA-3 Traverse ( 212k )

Planning for One-Man LRV Traverses ( 144k )

Planning for Walking Traverses ( 144k )

Traverse Planning for a Landing 2.7 km South of Target ( 148k )

Traverse Planning for a Landing 2.7 km North of Target ( 145k )

Actual Traverses ( 94k )

EVA-1 Contour Map ( 40k )

This contour map shows the EVA-1 route and the reverse side of the photographic EVA-1 map taken from Apollo 15 photography.

EVA-3 Contour Map ( 199k )

Pre-flight Horizons from the Planned Landing Site ( 262k )

Perception and Negotiation of the Scarp and Taurus-Littrow; Bell Laboratories memo which includes expected views of the Scarp from the LM windows and from three points along the EVA-2 traverse toward Hole-in-the-Wall.

Amundsen/Nansen ( 171k )

This pre-flight map detail shows the area around Nansen Crater near the base of the South Massif. At some point, Jack had named this feature "Amundsen" after the Norwegian explorer of the Antarctic and the Northwest Passage. He then decided that Amundsen has enough things named for him and changed the name to "Nansen" to honor another great Norwegian explorer.

This Bellcom representation shows a view toward the base of the South Massif from the planned landing site. It was produced by Bell Labs from data derived from photographs taken from the Apollo 15 Command Module. The main feature of interest is the area labeled the "Access Region" where, it was thought, the Rover could be driven up onto the Scarp. By the time Gene and Jack landed, they knew the Access Region as Hole-in-the-Wall.

This Bellcom representation shows Hole-in-the-Wall from a point on the planned EVA-2 traverse one kilometer from the base of the Scarp.

This Bellcom representation shows Hole-in-the-Wall from a point on the planned EVA-2 traverse one-half kilometer from the base of the Scarp.

Defense Mapping Agency 1: 250,000 sheet scanned at 150 dpi by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. After Ron Evans learned that Jack and Gene had found orange soil at Shorty Crater, he began to look for signs of it from orbit and reported orange in southwestern Serenitatis in the Sulpicius Gallus region. Jack and Gene were able to confirm his observation once they were back in orbit. See the discussions following 145:28:25 and in the chapter covering post-rendezvous activities.

115:03:02 Pre-EVA-1 Window Pans ( 165k )

Dave Byrne has combined the sets taken by Jack and Gene as a composite window pan.

Jack began with a normal horizon sequence and then lowered his aim and took a second sequence showing the near surface. The frames are AS17-147- 22469 to 22478.

Gene then took a series of photos out the CDR window - AS17-147- 22479 to 22491 - showing the South Massif and (West) Family Mountain, the latter being due west of the spacecraft, on the horizon beyond the LM shadow. Geophone Rock is just below the apparent intersection of the north flank of the South Massif and the south flank of Family Mountain.

Jack took this pan from a position northeast of the LM. Gene is powering up the Rover and is out of sight on the far side of the LM. The frames are AS17-147- 22492 to 22521. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Marv Hein has created a VR version of an alternate assembly by Mick Hyde.

Jack took a series of photos showing Gene driving south of the LM during the initial test drive. Note that none of the communications or EVA gear has been loaded onto the vehicle. The frames are AS17-147- 22521 thru 22526.

The frames are AS17-147-22528 to 22532.

See, also, a USGS assembly from the Professional Paper in a ( 1.7Mb ) PDF document produced by Brian McInall.

The frames are AS17-147-22533 to 22536.

The frames are AS17-147-22544 to 22562. Assembled by Mike Constantine. A VR version is also available.

See, also, a USGS assembly from the Professional Paper in a ( 1.7Mb ) PDF document produced by Brian McInall.

David Harland has combined frames 22560 and 22561 as a portrait of Geophone Rock.

The frames are AS17-147- 22569 to 22588. USGS B&W assembly from the Professional Paper in a ( 1.7Mb ) PDF document produced by Brian McInall.

The frames are AS17-136- 20683 to 20710. Shows Gene kneeling at the deepcore.

Erik van Meijgaarden has assembled a version from the NASA Johnson scans of original film ( 1.6 Mb or 337k ).

See, also, a USGS assembly and horizon sketch from the Professional Paper in a ( 1.7Mb ) PDF document produced by Brian McInall.

Gene's pan consists of frames AS17-134- 20408 to 20431. A VR version is also available. Assemblies by Mike Constantine.

Assembled by David Harland.

The Station 1 crater is midway between Jack's Shadow and the Rover. The frames are AS17-136- 20744 to 20776. Assembled by Dave Byrne.

Portions of frames 20771 and 20773 have been combined to show the view to the south that includes the summit of Bear Mountain and a prominent boulder, labelled '20773 boulder', about 30 degrees west of the summit direction. A comparison between a detail from the Taurus-Littrow Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap ( 264k ) showing Bear Mountain/Steno/Sherlock and a detail from Pan Camera frame 2309 ( 836k ) lets us draw the bearing of Bear Mountain from the Station 1 location given in Figure 6-4c ( 161k ) in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report. The boulder immediately east of a small crater as marked on the Pan Camera detail has the appropriate bearing and, being the closest sizeable boulder in that direction from Station 1, is a likely candidate. Assembled by Eric Jones.

Assembled by Erik van Meijgaarden

Assembled by David Harland.

Assembled by Mike Constantine.

Gene took this partial pan to document the layout of the south, west, and north SEP transmitter antenna arms. It shows Jack deploying the solar panels on the transmitter. The frames are AS17-134- 20437 to 20446. Assembly by David Nathan.

Nathan has also assembled a 300 DPI version ( 3.2Mb ) from scans provided to the ALSJ by NASA Johnson.

Additional versions have been assembled by Dave Byrne ( 809k ), Mike Constantine ( 95k or 865 k ), and David Harland ( 140k; black-and-white ). A comparison of the different versions illustrates the choices that must be made in such assemblies, particularly between getting an accurate horizon versus matching foreground features.

Jack's 500-mm post-EVA-1 photos taken from the LM cabin. The frames are AS17-144- 21983 to 21988. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Jack's 500-mm post-EVA-1 photos taken from the LM cabin. The frames are AS17-144- 21991 to 21993. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Jack's 500-mm post-EVA-1 photos taken from the LM cabin. The frames are AS17-144- 21994 to 21998. Assembled by Bob Fry.

The frames are AS17-137- 20866 to 20893. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Karl Dodenhoff has assembled an alternate version.

Created from frames 20871, 20890, and 20891. Assembled by Erik van Meijgaarden.

The frames in this sequence are AS17-137- 20903 to 20908. Assembled by Eric Jones.

The frames in this sequence are AS17-138- 21030 to 21035. Assembled by Eric Jones.

The frames in this sequence are AS17-137- 20912 to 20923. Assembled by Karl Dodenhoff.

Gene took this pan from about 10 meters upslope from Boulder 2. The frames are AS17-137- 20926 to 20956. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled a high-resolution version ( 2.9 Mb ) showing Nansen, Boulder 2, and the Rover, using scans from original film provided by NASA Johnson and processed by Kipp Teague. The frames are AS17-137- 20938 to 20955.

Jack took this pan at the second Station 2 rake site. The frames are AS17-138- 21053 to 21073. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled the portion showing - from left to right - Gene, the Rover and Nansen.

While waiting for the gravimeter measurement to finish, Gene took a left-to-right sequence along the summit ridge. The frames are AS17-144- 22003 to 22009. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Gene took this right-to-left sequence along the left flank as viewed from the Scarp Gravimeter stop. The frames are AS17-144- 22010 to 22015. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Gene took this sequence. The frames are AS17-144- 22016 to 22026. Assemblies by Bob Fry (lo-res) and Dave Byrne (hi-res).

Gene took this sequence from the Scarp Gravimeter stop. The frames are AS17-144- 22027 to 22032. Assemblies by Bob Fry (lo-res) and Dave Byrne (hi-res).

Gene took this sequence from the Scarp Gravimeter stop. The frames are AS17-144- 22033 to 22035. Assemblies by Bob Fry (lo-res) and Dave Byrne (hi-res).

500-mm photos by Gene Cernan from the Scarp Gravimeter stop. The frames are AS17-144- 22036 to 22039. Assembled by Bob Fry.

500-mm photos by Gene Cernan. The frames are AS17-144- 22041 to 22045. Assemblies by Bob Fry (lo-res) and Dave Byrne (hi-res).

Jack took this partial pan while turned the Rover in a circle shortly after they left the Scarp Gravimeter stop. The frames are AS17-138- 21100 to 21108 and are linked here in strip form. Assembled by Bob Fry.

The frames are AS17-138- 21150 to 21177. Gene is working on the far side of the Rover. Assembly by Dave Byrne.

The frames are AS17-138- 21155 to 21167. Gene is at the far right, working at the Rover. Assembly by David Harland.

Gene took this sequence from Station 3 while waiting for Jack to change film magazines so they could leave for Station 4. The frames are AS17-138- 22047 to 22050. Two lobes of the Scarp are visible in the foreground; Hanover Crater is cut by the righthand edge of the image; and the North Massif portion of the Scarp curves to the left from left of Hanover. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Gene took this sequence from Station 3. The frames are AS17-138- 22051 to 22071. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Gene took six photos of Wessex Cleft and the Sculptured HIlls Peak to the east. The frames are AS17-144- 22072) to 22077. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Jack's Shorty pan, which he was about to start when he noticed the orange soil. Note that, between the frames used at either end of this assembly, Gene moves from the front of the Rover to the CDR seat. The frames are AS17-133- 20229 to 20256. Assembled by Dave Byrne.

Assembly by David Harland. The frames are AS17-133- 20230 to 20235.

Gene took this pan from the east rim of Shorty Crater moments before he and Jack left for their next geology stop. Jack at the Rover. The area where the crew discovered and sampled a deposit of orange soil, rich in pyroclastic material, is between the Rover and the large boulder just beyond it. The frames are AS17-137- 20991 to 21027. Assembled by Dave Byrne.

The first version assembled for the ALSJ ( 143 k ) was done by Chris Wells.

Alternate versions of this very popular pan have been assembled by Thomas Dahl ( 7.0 Mb or 0.7 Mb ); Erik van Meijgaarden ( 0.8 Mb ); David Harland ( 0.2 Mb ); and Mike Constantine ( 0.2 Mb ).

Assembled by David Harland. The frames are AS17-137- 20991 to 21007.

Jack took this pan at about while Gene turned the Rover in a tight circle. This technique was invented by the Apollo 16 crew. Victory is a cluster of craters that form an apparent "V" pattern. The frames are AS17-133-20281 to 20300. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Jack took a flight-line set of photos, stepping to his right along a north-south line east of the Diabase Boulder. Gene is taking a similar series along an east-west line. The frames are AS17-133- 20330 to 20335. Assembly by David Harland.

Gene's final pan at Camelot Crater shows Jack running back to the Rover carrying the scoop. The frames are AS17-145- 22159 to 22183. Assembled by David Harland.

Mike Constantine has created a high-resolution version ( 1.1 Mb or 150k )

Hans Nyberg has created an alternate version in QuickTime wrap-around format ( 1.3 Mb ).

David Harland has used high-resolution JSC scans 22159 to 61 and 79 to 83 to create a B&W portrait of Camelot ( 4.1 Mb ).

The frames are AS17-145- 22159 to 22167. Assembled by David Harland.

Jack took this pan from east of the Rover not long after Gene finished his pan. Gene is returning to the Rover and, in assemblies that include AS17-133- 20341, he can be seen on the far side of the vehicle. The frames are AS17-133- 20339 to 20360. Assembled by Dave Byrne

David Harland has assembled an alternate version that excludes the parts to the south and southeast.

David Harland has also assembled the portion showing the Rover and about half the crater ( 5.4 Mb ).

Gene took this sequence from near the LM during the EVA-2 Close-out. The frames are AS17-133- 22080 to 22093. Assembled by Bob Fry

Gene took this sequence from near the LM during the EVA-2 Close-out. The frames are AS17-133- 22093 to 22104. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Gene took a large set of North Massif images from near the LM during the EVA-2 Close-out. The frames are AS17-133- 22105 to 22132. Assembled by Bob Fry with the addition of 21991, a photo of the dark-boulder track that Jack took out his LM window at 127:02:28 after EVA-1. Shadows in 21991 are necessarily longer than those seen during the EVA-2 close-out.

Gene took a right-to-left sequence along the eastern end of the summit and, then, a left-to-right sequence. The former is included in the overall portrait above. The frames in the left-to-right sequence are AS17-133- 22111 to 22118. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Jack took these photos after installing the fresh magazine on Gene's camera, prior to stowing the camera in the ETB. The frames are AS17-140- 21352 to 21358. Assembled by Dave Byrne.

Jack took this 12 o'clock color pan with Gene's camera before they started the EVA-3 traverse. Gene is working at the Rover. The frames are AS17-140- 21359 to 21380. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Mike Constantine has assembled the northern and eastern portion ( 195k ) showing the LM and Gene at the Rover.

Jack's first Station 6 pan consists of frames AS17-141- 21575 to 21603. Gene is deploying the gravimeter.

David Harland has assembled high-resolutiion scans for the portion of Jack's Station 6 pan ( 4.4 Mb ) showing the main fragments of the boulder and Gene deploying the gravimeter. The frames are 21589 to 21598.

Gene took this pan from above the Station 6 Split Boulder just before he and Jack left for their next stop. The frames are AS17-140- 21483 to 21509. Assembly by Chris Wells.

Earlier in the stop, Gene collected a soil sample from the top of the foreground rock and, years later, told artist and Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean that he wished he'd written his daughter Tracy's name in the dust. Bean did it for him in a painting and, to some of us, the rock is now known as Tracy's Rock.

David Harland has assembled a high-resolution portait of the boulder ( 2.5 Mb ).

Chris Wells has assembled a detail shows the sample area and Jack headed back to the Rover with the gnomon.

David Nathan has combined 300 DPI scans of 21493 and 21496 into a higher-resolution detail of Jack returning to the Rover with the gnomon.

By tracing the boulder track upslope from Station 6, Jack thought this might have been the source area. The frames are AS17-139- 21186 to 21193. Assembled by Eric Jones.

Jack's 500-mm frames taken while he braced himself against the boulder. Assembled by Bob Fry.

The frames are AS17-141- 21646 to 21664. Jack took this pan at 11-foot focus and kept his aim low to show the areas from which they would collect samples. The pan includes very little of the horizon. Assembled by Bob Fry.

The frames are AS17-146- 22339 to 22363. Gene took this pan just before he and Jack left for Station 8. Jack is working at the Rover. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled the Southern Portion.

Erik van Meijgaarden has created a red-blue anaglyph ( 601k ) of the southern portion by combining a partial made made from the even numbered frames with one made from the odd numbered frames.

The frames are AS17-146- 22375 to 22397. Gene took this pan near the exotic boulder he and Jack sampled upslope from the Rover. Jack is working at the Rover. Assembled by Bob Fry.

Thomas Dahl has assembled an alternate version ( 2.3 Mb or 0.3 Mb ).

Jack took this pan just before he and Gene left the Station. The frames are AS17-142- 21726 to 21745. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled the northern portion>, which shows Gene picking up the TGE so he can replace it on the back of the Rover.

This pan - taken at the location labeled 'West Pan' in Figure 6-123 in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report - consists of frames AS17-142- 21798 to 21824. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled the portion showing Gene taking his pan ( 3.0 Mb ) and the portion showing the Rover ( 4.0 Mb )

This pan was taken at the location labeled 'North Pan' in Figure 6-123 in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report. The frames are AS17-146-22423 to 22450. Assembled by Dave Byrne.

David Harland has assembled the portion showing the crater ( 3.3 Mb ).

The frames are AS17-146-21230 to 21248 and consists of a series along the peak immediately west of Wessex Cleft and a contiguous series down the face. See a figure from page 226 of the USGS Professional Paper for placement. Assembled by Bob Fry.

The frames are AS17-146-21249 to 21268. See a figure from page 226 of the USGS Professional Paper for placement. Assembled by Bob Fry.

This pan was taken at the location labeled 'South Pan' in Figure 6-123 in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report. Jack took this pan while Gene was getting a core sample in the white material they found near the Rover. It consists of frames AS17-142- 21798 to 21824. Assembled by Bob Fry.

David Harland has assembled the portion of showing Gene extracting the core 3.6 Mb ).

Erik van Meijgaarden has combined AS17-134-20517 and 523 into a post-EVA-3 view of Gene's side of the cabin. On 6 December 2004, Erik wrote, " As I was going through Michael Light's 'Full Moon' recently, I found a striking combination of two photos shown alongside each other that give us a lovely overview of the LM's interior. It took me a while to realise they were not assembled but just shown together. So I set myself to work on an assembly. The photo's are two of the series Jack took after EVA 3 and aren't of particular good quality. I guess a Hasselblad is a difficult instrument in these lighting conditions and after 22 hours of tiring EVAs. Although there are better pics in the series, I selected the best matching pair and created my view of the LM's interior. Altogether a gloomy picture, but I particularly like this one because there are not many images that give a sense of the size and (lack of) space available inside the LM."

Dave Byrne has combined photos taken out the windows after PLSS jettison. The photos taken out Jack's window are AS17-143- 21943 to 21960. those taken out Gene's window are 21961 to 21982.

Dave Byrne has combined color photos taken out the windows after PLSS jettison. The photos taken out Gene's window are AS17-145- 22192 to 22197. those taken out Jack's window are 22198 to 22222.

S72-49079 ( 45k )

Original artwork for the Apollo 17 insignia/patch. Scan by NASA Johnson.

Portrait of Ron Evans. 1971. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Gene Cernan. 1971. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Portrait of Jack Schmitt. 1971. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Pre-flight lab photo of the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG), which was flown in hopes of detecting gravity waves. A design flaw prevented proper operation. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Pre-flight lab photo of the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE). Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Pre-flight lab photo of the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites (LEAM) Experiment. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Pre-flight lab photo of the Geophone Module. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Pre-flight lab photo of the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment (LSPE) antenna. Jack deployed the antenna by mounting it on the Heat Flow Electronics pallet. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan work with a traverse map during a field-trip near Boulder City, Nevada. Photo filed 24 January 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Jack Schmitt (left) uses the scoop, perhaps to dig a trench, during a field-trip near Boulder City, Nevada. Photo filed 24 January 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Gene Cernan in a training exercise. According to the NASA figure caption, Gene is wearing Dave Scott's Apollo 15 flight suit. Spring 1972. Scan by Frederic Artner.

Gene Cernan having a final suit fit check at ILC Industries, Dover, Delaware. Photo filed 6 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Gene Cernan raises his arms during a final suit fit check. Note that the suit is inflated, undoubtedly at 3.8 psi above the pressure in the fitting room. Moving the suit arms away from their rest position against internal pressure is relatively difficult. The suit design includes two cables attached at the center of the chest which then run laterally to the armpits and then into tubes that run up over the shoulders. Friction between the tubes and the cables help keep the arms in any particular position. The tube on Gene's left shoulder is clearly visible. Note the small pulley apparently at the entrance to the tube on his right shoulder. In photo 72-H-314 (below), a similar pulley seems to be present on the subject's left shoulder and these pulleys may have been included in the design to reduce binding and/or abrasion at the entrance of the tube. Photo filed 6 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Ron Evans undergoes final flight fit checkout and integration of the Apollo 7-L spacesuit. Note the lack of a pulley at the entrance to the cable tube on his right shoulder, perhaps because the Command Module Pilot would not require as much mobility nor exercise the suit nearly as much as the surface crew. 7 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Ron Evans undergoes final flight fit checkout and integration of the Apollo 7-L spacesuit at ILC Industries, Dover, Delaware. 7 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering.

Ron Evans tests his ability to raise his right arm in the pressurized suit. 7 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Jack Schmitt during his final suit fit check at ILC Industries, Dover, Delaware. Note that he does have a cable pulley. 8 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Jack Schmitt during his final suit fit check. 8 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Jack Schmitt checks the fit of his suit while lying on a mockup of his CM couch. 8 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

This picture was taken during a suit fit check. The fact that the astronaut appears to have cable pulleys suggests that this is Jack Schmitt. Note the waist bellows which allowed the J mission astronauts to sit. 8 March 1972. Photo filed 13 March 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

In November 2002, Ulli Lotzmann contacted Bill Ayrey, who still worked for ILC, and asked about the picture. Ayrey replied: "Starting from the left, that's John Leshko who was a NASA representative who's office was at ILC. The guy in the middle is John McMullen. The last guy is Steve Rubin who was a suit engineer who participated in a number of fit checks on the A7LB suits near the end of Apollo and into Skylab."

Gene Cernan waves to tourist at the Cape. He is seated on the LRV 1g-trainer, waiting for the busses to pass. He has the drill strapped to the LMP seat with the LMP seatbelt, as would be the case when he drives out to the ALSEP deployment site early in EVA-1. He appears to have the Traverse Gravimeter on the back of the Rover, but not the geopallet. Scan by Kipp Teague.

Watched by a large group of tourists at the Cape, Gene Cernan gets a heat flow drill stem out of the stem quiver during training. The rammer-jammer is resting against the core-stem rack and the drill is in the foreground. The hose going out of the picture to the right provides ice-cold cooling water while the cable attached to the bottom of Gene's training PLSS provides communications via the electronics box at the center of the picture. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan removes the drill from its pallet at the LMP's seat on the one-g LRV trainer. The LRV console is at the left side of the picture with the handcontroller and brown-colored armrest at center. On Apollo 15 and 16, a 16-mm Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) was mounted on the post next to Gene's right arm. Here, it carries only a wire loop from which Jack's seatbelt latching mechanism is hanging. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan has attached the wrench to the drill stem and is blocking the wrench handle with his left boot while he unscrews the drill from the stem. Research by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (in the spacecraft) talks with Guenter Wendt prior to a test of the Command Module capture mechanism. 2 May 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering.

Gene Cernan during a geology field trip at Sudbury, Canada. 24-25 May 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Technicians from NASA and the Boeing Company unpack the flight Rover at the Cape. 5 June 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan watches while a suit tech attaches his right glove. Photo filed 8 June 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt gets suited for EVA training. 8 June 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (right) and Jack Schmitt deploy a Rover mockup in the Crew Training Building at the Cape. Note the less-than-roadworthy tires. A tech can be seen at the right keeping Gene's hoses clear. 8 June 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt during rover deployment training. Photo filed 8 June 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt gets suited for a training exercise. Photo filed 8 June 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan detaches the drill from a drill stem. He has probably attached a wrench to the stem and has blocked the handle with his foot to prevent the stem from turning in the hole while he rotates the drill by its handles. Two techs can be seen behind Gene holding his water and air hoses and his comm cable. The drill stem rack is in the background at the left. Photo filed 8 June 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan talks with pad leader Guenter Wendt prior to entering CM at start of seven-hour altitude chamber test. 15 June 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt prepares to enter CM at start of seven-hour altitude chamber test. 15 June 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan works with the Traverse Gravimeter at the back of the one-g LRV trainer. The technicians behind Gene are carry his supply of ice-cold cooling water. Note that the Rover is not equipped with the geo-pallet for this exercise. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) tips a rock sample into a bag held by Gene Cernan during training at the Cape. On the Moon with the suit fully inflated, Jack would have had a relatively difficult time raising his arms this high; getting a sample into a bag would be easier if Gene held the bag lower. Note the geology hammer in Gene's shin pocket and the SESC in the pocket on the side of SCB. A communications unit can be seen in the background between Jack and Gene. July 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Ron Evans leans on a simulator console. 13 July 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans suited for a simulation. 21 July 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan poses with his wife, Barbara, and their daughter, Teresa (Tracy). Dannette Sanders, a friend of Tracy's, is on the left. 4 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan deploys the U.S. Flag during training while Gene's wife, Barbara, and their daughter, Teresa (Tracy), watch. Jack Schmitt is in the background near the one-g LRV trainer. 4 August 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Guenter Wendt (yellow coat) helps Ron Evans into the Command Module during a Pressure Chamber Test. 4 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt enter an altitude chamber at KSC. 4 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt waves to the camera before entering LM at start of altitude chamber test. 4 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan poses with his daughter Tracy. Jack Schmitt is in the background near the one-g LRV trainer. 4 August 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (left) and Jack Schmitt train in a 'rock pile' at the Cape. Gene is carrying the gnomon and Jack is carrying the scoop. The 1-g LRV trainer is behind Jack at the right and the VAB can be seen on the horizon. The rocks were, of course, brought to the Cape from elsewhere specifically for Apollo training. 4 August 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan train in a 'rock pile' at the Cape. Gene has collected a sample with his tongs and is giving it to Jack for bagging. The astronauts's comm cables and cooling/oxygen hoses extend out of the picture on both sides. 4 August 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan sits on the back of a van during a break from EVA training. The photo shows his drink valve and food stick. Both are highlighted in a detail. Photo by Ed Dempsey. Scan by Frederic Artner

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. Note that the flight Rover is propped up on carriage supports because the wire-mesh tires would not be able to support the weight of the vehicle in the one-g gravity field. Jack is examining his LRV Sampler. 9 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan pose with a tech in the high bay of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Gene has his right hand on the low-gain antenna. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (foreground) looks at the camera during the LRV fit check. He has his left hand on the top of the accessory staff. Note the tempa-label on the handle of the LRV sampler just below Jack's left palm. The SCB in the right foreground is attached to the accessory staff and will be used to hold samples Jack collects during the traverses. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. In the background, we are looking at the hinged support for the minus-Z (aft) landing gear. 9 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan participate in the final LRV fit check. In the background, we are looking at the hinged support for the minus-Z (aft) landing gear. 9 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans talks with McDonnell Douglas personnel inside the interstage joining the Apollo 17 Saturn V's second and third stage. 15 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans and McDonnell Douglas personnel examine the Saturn V third stage's liquid hydrogen tank bulkhead. 15 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans talks with McDonnell Douglas. 15 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans poses on the steps of the Command Module Simulator at the Cape. 16 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans makes a computer entry during solo operations in the Command Module Simulator. 16 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans during solo training exercise in mission simulator. 16 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans conducts a guidance and navigation exercise in mission simulator. 16 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans speaks with NASA Instructor-Operator at spacecraft mission simulator console. 16 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Backup Commander John Young (blue shirt) uses a comm unit to talk with Gene Cernan (righthand Rover seat) while Jack Schmitt manipulates the LRV sampler. 24 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan at the Apollo 17 roll-out. He is wearing a white knit shirt with the dark collar and is facing the camera. 28 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan on the 1-g Rover Trainer, with Ron Evans in the background. They are preparing for a Public Relations photoshoot with the Saturn V in the background. 28 August 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Side view of Gene Cernan (top), Ron Evans, and Jack Schmitt posing on rollout day. 28 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Side view of Gene Cernan (seated), Jack Schmitt (standing left), and Ron Evans posing on rollout day. 28 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left), Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans on rollout day. Photo filed 28 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Ron Evans (left), Gene Cernan, and Jack Schmitt next to the transporter on rollout day. Research by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) collects a sample with the LRV sampler during training at the Cape. He is leaning slightly to his right and has a grip on the accessory staff with his left hand for stability. He probably has turned his head inside the helmet so he can see what he is getting although, as he notes in a 2000 e-mail message: "The sampler was mainly just for collecting representative samples of regolith fines along the traverse route, so seeing what you grabbed was not critical most of the time." Note the maps mounted on the accessory staff and the SCB hanging below the maps. The SEP receiving antenna is behind Jack's head. Photo filed 28 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) holds the extension handle while Gene works with a drive tube, probably removing it from the extension handle. Gene's Sample Collection Bag (SCB) hangs open on the righthand side of his PLSS. Two drive tubes in stowed in sleeves in the SCB and a scoop head is stowed in a loop on the outside. Note the tool harness straps velcroed to the lefthand sides of both Gene's and Jack's LEVAs. Corresponding straps are on the righthand sides of both LEVAs. Note, also, that Gene and Jack each have a cuff checklist strapped to the wrist extension of the glove and a watch strapped farther up on the forearm. Each is wearing a Hasselblad mounted on the RCU with a pack of sample bags attached underneath. Research by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (right) appears to be securing a velcro retainer over the rammer on the righthand side of Jack Schmitt's PLSS. See the EVA-1 Geoprep at 121:29:08. The rammer is used to press a follower securely against the top of the soil column in a drive tube. Jack is leaning on the geopallet at the back of the Rover. The SEP receiver and antenna are in the left foreground and the charge transporter is in the right foreground. Photo filed 28 August 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt's adjusts his camera settings so he can take a cross-Sun "before" of a sample Gene will collect with the tongs. Jack has the scoop planted next to his right foot. Good view of Gene's cuff checklist. Photo filed 28 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) holds the extension handle while Gene Cernan work with an attached core tube during training at the Cape. Note the unused core tubes in Gene's open SCB. This picture reminds me of Alan Bean's wonderful painting Helping Hands. Photo filed 28 August 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan collect samples on the rim of Lunar Crater, a volcanic feature in south-central Nevada. The caldera is about 1 kilometer in diameter and 180 meters deep. 6 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan examine a sample in the Pancake Range of south-central Nevada. 6 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan drive the Geologic Rover (Grover) during a field trip on the Pancake Range of south-central Nevada. Note that the TV camera is a minimalist mockup. Note, also, the barbed -wire fence just beyond them. 6 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan (left) and Jack Schmitt in a LM simulator. Photo filed 17 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan work at the back of the one-g LRV trainer during indoor training. Note the charge transporter mounted immediately behind Gene's seat. September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan (left) holds a sample bag for a soil sample that Jack Schmitt has collected with the scoop during training at the Cape. 13 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt conduct a simulated traverse at the Cape on the 1-g LRV trainer. September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt stows the scoop on the back of the one-g LRV trainer. The SEP Receiver/Recorder package is immediately behind his seat. The seismic charge transporter is to Jack's left on top of the geopallet. the blue traverse gravimeter is on the back of the Rover to Jack's right. September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt collecting a sample while Gene Cernan readies a sample bag. 13 September 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Jack Schmitt (left) and Gene Cernan on the 1-g trainer in an EVA training area that includes basalt boulders. September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Service Module Sim Bay cameras. Scan courtesy NASA Johnson

Backup CMP Stu Roosa practices retrieval of a film canister during a simulation of the Sim Bay EVA in the zero-g aircraft. September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Ron Evans practices handing film cassette to LMP Harrison Schmitt, seated in spacecraft mockup housed within KC-135 aircraft during zero-gravity training. 21 September 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (standing left), Ron Evans (standing right), and Gene Cernan (seated) pose for a crew portrait. Jack is holding on to the low-gain antenna. The scoop can be seen mounted on the back of the 1-g trainer and, just below the scoop, the seismic charge transporter is immediately to Ron's left, mounted on the top of the geopallet. The Apollo 17 Saturn V is on Pad 39-A in the background. September 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left), Ron Evans, and Gene Cernan pose for a crew portrait. The Apollo 17 Saturn V is on Pad 39-A in the background. September 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) brushes off Gene Cernan's boot during a training session. On the Moon, in one-sixth gravity and a fully pressurized suit, it would have been all but impossible for Jack to get this low wielding the brush. It is also unlikely that Gene would have been able to raise his leg as shown here. In practice, the best means of cleaning your boots was to jump up on the ladder and stamp your feet. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt holds the SEP transmitter during a training flight in the 1/6th-g aircraft. On either side, below his hands, are two reels holding the antenna wires that he and Gene will lay along Rover tracks Gene will make at the deployment site. 19 September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan works with the traverse gravimeter at the back of a Rover mockup during a flight in the 1/6th-g aircraft. Photo filed 19 September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt is working at his side of the Rover, perhaps attaching maps to the accessory staff during a flight in the 1/6th-g aircraft. Photo filed 19 September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

This training photo shows Jack opening a packed rock box during a training exercise on the one-sixth-g aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base. Having opened the lid, he is now unfolding a Beta Cloth seal protector which will cover the sealing mechanism on the edge of the lid and the body. The part of the cloth that covers the seal on the body has a hole cut in it that gives access to the interior of the box. In the background at the left, Gene is training with the SEP equipment pallet. 19 September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

On-board the 1/6th-g aircraft, Gene Cernan practices installation of the SEP receiver at the back of the Rover. 19 September 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Ron Evans practices retrieving a film canister during water EVA exercises at Building 5. Photo filed 3 October 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld.

Jack Schmitt (left), Ron Evans (right), and Gene Cernan (seated) pose for a crew portrait. Gene is sitting in the Commander's seat of the one-g LRV trainer. Note the large dustbrush mounted on the front of the Rover, the rake and scoop stowed on the back, and the rack full of seismic charge mock-ups just aft of Gene. The Apollo 17 Saturn V is on Pad 39-A in the background and a mission patch is superimposed at the upper left. 10 October 1972. Scan by Kipp Teague

Ron Evans (center) reviews a lunar mapping chart with CapCom Bob Overmyer (left) and geologist Farouk El-Baz (right). Photo filed 16 October 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan prepares for a checkout flight in the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle at Ellington AF Base. Photo filed 16 October 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt consults a checklist in the LM simulator. Note the graph clipped to the yellow AOT guard. Journal Contributor Frank O'Brien tells us that it is "a polar-coordinate chart used to calculate rendezvous solutions. Specifically, this chart is for calculating Midcourse 1 and 2 after TPI. The chart is part of the LM Rendezvous Procedures manual, which was originally packaged with the LM Timeline manual." Note, also, the 16-mm movie camera mounted in Jack's window. 27 October 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan drapes the cords for the LM cabin utility lights on the handle of the rendezvous hatch. The two utility lights are just to the right of Jack Schmitt's right hand and are attached to the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT) guard with clamps. These clamps will be put to use in attaching a replacement Rover fender at the start of EVA-2. See the discussion following 137:19:09. The overhead dump valve is just to the right and aft of the hatch handle. 27 October 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt briefs the press about the Apollo 17 landing site. Photo filed 1 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left) returns to the one-g LRV trainer from the SEP transmitter. During the mission, he deployed the transmitter 140 meters east of the LM at the end of EVA-1. At the start of EVA-2 at 141:21:02 and at the start of EVA-3 at 164:14:15, while Gene drove out in the Rover, Jack ran out to the SEP transmitter to turn it on. Photo filed 2 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

The astronaut in the LMP seat (left) deploys a seismic charge. See the discussion following 141:35:57. NASA caption for this photo says that the LMP is Jack Schmitt. However, the astronaut in the CDR seat (right) appears to be John Young, the back-up Commander, suggesting that it is Charlie Duke in the LMP seat. Having just returned from the Moon on Apollo 16 when they became the Apollo 17 back-up crew, Young and Duke did not participate in all the Apollo 17 training but, since they had not deployed seismic charges on their own mission, would have practiced this procedure. Photo filed 2 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt pushes a geophone into the surface with his right foot. He has a cable reel attached to the UHT in his left hand. See geophone module photo S72-37259. See the discussion following 120:20:52. Photo filed 2 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (left) holds the geology hammer. The scoop, which was usually used by Jack schmitt (right) has been stuck in the ground near the gnomon leg that holds the color/gray scale. Gene may have just put the gnomon in position, in which case Jack would wait to take a cross-Sun picture until Gene had stepped away far enough to get his shadow off the gnomon and sample. Photo filed 7 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan scratches his nose during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 21 November 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan scratches his nose during suit-up prior to a Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 21 November 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan during suit-up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. 21 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt during suit-up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. 21 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt during suit-up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 21 November 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

A suit tech gets Ron Evans into his bubble helmet during suit-up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 21 November 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Apollo 17 crew walk to the transfer van for the Countdown Demonstration Test. 21 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan in the White Room on the launch tower for the Countdown Demonstration Test. Pad leader Guenter Wendt is immediately to Gene's left. Research by J. L. Pickering

NASA Caption: "FAR OUT COMMUNICATIONS -- Photograph shows the RCA communications systems that will ride on the lunar rover as it travels across the moon's surface during the Apollo 17 mission. the color TV camera works in conjunction with the television control unit to enable NASA controllers in Houston to operate the camera remotely. The Lunar Communications Relay Unit (LCRU) is a portable mini-broadcast station that allows the Astronauts to maintain voice contact with the earth and to transmit telemetry and TV signals from the moon. The high-gain antenna is 38 inches in diameter, uses a mesh design, and can be opened and folded a number of times. The camera, LCRU, and Antenna were designed and built by RCA divisions in Princeton, Camden, and Moorestown, N.J., respectively." Photo filed 24 November 1972 Scan by Frederic Artner

Ron Evans, shown wearing a quarantine mask, examines SIM bay from which he will retrieve mapping camera film cassettes during his EVA conducted en-route home from the Moon. Photo filed 29 November 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (foreground), Ron Evans (middle distance), and Jack Schmitt (background) during suit up for the final portion of the week-long Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 30 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan during suit up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 30 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Ron Evans during suit up for the Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 30 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Launch Control Center. Research by J. L. Pickering

Launch Control Center during Apollo 17 Countdown Demonstration Test. Photo filed 21 November 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (left), Ron Evans, and Jack Schmitt in front of full-scale lunar module mockup. Photo filed 1 December 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (left) has the floor. Ron Evans is in shirtsleeves and Jack Schmitt is at the right. Photo filed 1 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt reads sign signaling that final launch preparations are proceeding on schedule toward a liftoff to the Moon. Photo filed 1 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt waves to ground crew personnel as he prepares to fly a T-38 jet aircraft on a training flight over the Spaceport area. Photo filed 2 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Ron Evans affixes the Apollo 17 insignia to a T-38 jet aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base just south of the Kennedy Space Center. Photo filed 2 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Ron Evans prepares to fly a T-38 jet aircraft over spaceport area to sharpen his flying skills. Photo filed 2 December 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan affixes the Apollo 17 insignia to a T-38 jet aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base just south of the Kennedy Space Center. Photo filed 2 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan affixes the Apollo 17 insignia to a T-38. 2 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Ron Evans and Gene Cernan at Patrick Air Force Base. Photo filed 2 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Gene Cernan (left), Ron Evans, and Jack Schmitt review mission plans. Photo filed 3 December 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (left), Ron Evans, and Jack Schmitt review mission plans. Photo filed 3 December 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left), Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans examine a commemorative display at the base of their Saturn V. Photo filed 4 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Jack Schmitt (left), Ron Evans, and Gene Cernan at the base of their Saturn V during a visit to the pad. Photo filed 4 December 1972. Scan by Ed Hengeveld

Ron Evans (left), Jack Schmitt, and Gene Cernan pose on Swing Arm 9 during a visit to Pad 39-A. Photo filed 4 December 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (left), Ron Evans, and Gene Cernan at the base of their Saturn V during a visit to Pad 39-A. Photo filed 4 December 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt (center), with Ron Evans and Gene Cernan to his immediate right, examine gear which will be stowed in the spacecraft. Photo filed 4 December 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Jack Schmitt writes "That's Rita Rapp on the right, so we must be looking at food and drink for the spacecraft." Dave Ballard, Apollo 17 Flight Crew Support Team Leader, adds " This was the last crew equipment review prior to final stowage in the Command Module. Like Jack says, in the first picture the crew is looking at a food locker with Rita graciously overseeing the results of her able efforts. Left to right: Gene Cernan; Jack Schmitt; a KSC Quality Control troop, name unknown; Bob Horne Crew Equipment Engineer from our support team; Ron Evans; and Rita Rapp, manager of the Apollo food group." 4 December 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Dave Ballard, Flight Crew Support Team Leader, writes "The crew is looking at some of the other stowage items, but I only recognize the emergency breathing masks at the right on the table. Left to right: Ray Malone, CSM Crew Station Engineer from our support team); Jack Schmitt, Bob Overmyer, astronaut support - we use to call them 'red shirts; Ron Evans; Bob Horne; Crew Equipment Engineer from our support team; Gene Cernan, Dave Ballard." Journal Contributor Ed Hengeveld calls attention to a clear, protective cover on the righthand side of the table that was worn over bubble helmet to keep it from getting scratch. Alan Shepard can be seen wearing one in Apollo 14 pre-flight photo KSC-70P-222. The protective cover only covered the forward three-quarters of the bubble helmet. 4 December 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ballard adds "Within a day or so of this exercise, the final stowage would take place in the CSM with our team guys in the middle of it to assure everything met our requirements - no surprises! Guys like Ray Malone, the CSM Crew Station Engineer and Terry Neal, the LM Crew Station Engineer, Bob Horne and Gene Chase, the Crew Equipment Engineers spent months - traveling coast to coast - to make sure that the hundreds and hundreds of items called crew equipment met the crew requirements. Crew equipment included all things that had crew interface, like food, cameras, film, experiments, clothing, LiOH canisters, emergency items, hygene items, etc, etc, etc. The time our guys spent on these items started with active and somewhat assertive participation in the design reviews and testing of the items, formulating the proper stowage plan for particular missions, briefing/training the crews, writing procedures for flight, for vehicle interface testing, fit checks and final stowage, etc."

LM-12 ALSEP closeout photo, centered on the RTG fuel cask. 5 December 1972. Scan by J. L. Pickering

Pre-flight photo of Jack's suit. JSC suit expert Joe Kosmo tells us that the tabbed ring just above the black IV gloves is "a neopreneÊprotective cover for the glove-side disconnect." Scan courtesy Ulrich Lotzmann.

(Clockwise from the bottom): Stu Roosa, Charles Buckley (head of security at the Cape), Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Charlie Duke, Dave Ballard, Jack Schmitt, Gene Cernan, and Ron Evans at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. Jack Schmitt writes, "I think we asked Buckley to join us, maybe because of the Black September situation in the world at that time." Black September was a Palestinian terrorist group which was responsible for an attack on the Olympic Village at the 1972 Munich Games and the death of ten Israeli athletes. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans (right), Gene Cernan, and Jack Schmitt listen to Dave Ballard, the Apollo 17 Support Team Leader, at the pre-launch dinner. 6 December 1972. Research by J. L. Pickering

Gene Cernan (foreground), Ron Evans (middle distance), and Jack Schmitt (back) during suit-up for launch. Alan Shepard is standing at the left. 6 December 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan during suit-up for launch. 6 December 1972. Scan by J.L. Pickering

Gene Cernan undergoes final spacesuit pressure checks for launch. 6 December 1972. Research by J.L. Pickering

Ron Evans relaxes during pre-launch spacesuit pressure checks. 6 December 1972. Research by