Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the sixth and final lunar landing in the Apollo series. This documentary is called APOLLO 17: On the shoulders of Giants, and features footage of EVA activities including running repairs to the rover, plus footage of the last Apollo splashdown.

This mission landed at Taurus-Littrow on Dec 11,1972. Tasks included deployed camera and experiments, performing EVA with lunar roving vehicle and returning lunar samples.

Astronauts on this mission: Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E.Evans, Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt
Mission Duration: 301hrs 51min 59sec

Credit: NASA Langley Research Center (NASA-LaRC)
Narrator: Burgess Meredith

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