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Title: Apollo 17 rollout to launch pad |
Date Taken: 08/28/72 Description: A ground-level view showing the Apollo 17 space vehicle arriving at the pad. View includes shrubbery on the left, water in center, and palm tree on right. | 
Title: View of the plaque to be left on the moon by the Apollo 17 astronauts |
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Taken: 12/14/72
Description: View of the plaque to be left at the Taurus-Littrow lunar landing site by the Apollo 17 astronauts. The commemorative plaque is made of stainless steel measuring nine by seven by five- eighths inches and one-sixteenth inch thick. It is attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of the Apollo 17 Lunar Module "Challenger". |
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Title: Apollo 17 command module splashdown in South Pacific Ocean. |
Date Taken: 12/19/72 Description: The Apollo 17 command module, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean to conclude the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. This overhead view was taken from a recovery aircraft seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred December 19, 1972 about 350 nautical miles southeast of the Samoan Islands. |
Title: Apollo 17 command module in South Pacific Ocean before recovery operations |
Date Taken: 12/19/72 Description: A water-level view of the Apollo 17 command module floating in the Pacific following splashdown and prior to recovery. The prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, is in the background. A U.S. Navy UDT swimmer stands on the flotation collar. Apollo 17 splashdown occurred at 1:24:59 p.m., December 19, 1972, about 350 nautical miles southeast of Samoa.
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Title: Apollo 17 crew arrive aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga
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Date Taken: 12/19/72 Description: The three Apollo 17 crewmen arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, to conclude the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. They are Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (waving), Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's left), and Ronald E. Evans (standing in back). VIPs, dignitaries, officials and Navy personnel give the three crewmen a red-carpet welcome.
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". . . Did we run out of dreams, or dreamers!? " |
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