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Vintage Apollo 17 NASA photograph last site explored on MOON Van Serg

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Vintage Apollo 17 NASA photograph last site explored on MOON Van Serg
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Moonscape at Van Serg Crater, the last station explored on the Moon, Apollo 17, December 1972.

Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, RED NUMBERED AS17-146-22430, on A KODAK PAPER watermarked stock. Size: (including white margins) 25.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in) [paper size, inc. margins].



his original red-numbered NASA photograph was taken by Gene Cernan during the final part of EVA 3 from the rim of Van Serg Crater at the last station explored on the lunar surface, station 9, on 13 December 1972. Cernan's footprints can be seen in the foreground, as a piece of NASA scientific equipment on a tripod.

The third moonwalk, the last of the Apollo program, began at 5:25 pm EST. Cernan and Schmitt rode the rover northeast of the landing site, exploring the base of the North Massif and the Sculptured Hills. The ninth and final planned station was conducted at Van Serg crater. The crew collected 66 kilograms (146 lb) of lunar samples and took another nine gravimeter measurements.

Before concluding the moonwalk, which lasted seven hours and fifteen minutes, the crew collected a breccia rock, dedicating it to the nations of Earth.