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Apollo 17: Last on the Moon
In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene
Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon, in
the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited
overhead. Near the beginning of their third and final excursion
across the lunar surface, Schmitt took this picture of Cernan
flanked by an American flag and their lunar rover's
umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna. The prominent Sculptured Hills
lie in the background while Schmitt's reflection can just be made
out in Cernan's helmet. The Apollo 17 crew returned with 110
kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than from any of the
other lunar landing sites. And after thirty years, Cernan and
Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon.