#apollo17 — Public Fediverse posts
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A map of all the Apollo missions on a full moon picture taken by Dobviews using a Galaxy A14/17.3 Delos lens on a 10" Dobsonian telescope.
All of the corresponding close-up pictures of those landing are from NASA's Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter.
The bank of 6 shots are all property of NASA LRO / JPL
Enjoy,
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#Apollo17: Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above.
Photo 1, left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans
Photo 2: Cernan salutes the U.S. flag
Photo 3: Schmitt working next to Tracy's Rock
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December 11, 2022: The #ArtemisI test flight to the #Moon has concluded and has returned to #Earth.
December 11, 1972 (50 years ago): #Apollo17 landed on the lunar surface. The mission brought the #Apollo program to its apex, and it remains the most recent instance of humans setting foot on the Moon.
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