Fwd: [New post] 40 Years Since Apollo 17: Part 2 – Unpicking the Men

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Subject: [New post] 40 Years Since Apollo 17: Part 2 – Unpicking the Men

Ben Evans posted: "[caption id="attachment_27683" align="aligncenter" width="465"] Forty years after Apollo 17, Jack Schmitt remains the only professional geologist to practice his art on another world. Pictured in this view with Old Glory at Taurus-Littrow, he is backdropp" New post on AmericaSpace 40 Years Since Apollo 17: Part 2 – Unpicking the Men by Ben Evans Forty years ago, this month, in the north-eastern quadrant of the Moon's near side, the last footprints on another celestial body were left by two human explorers from Earth. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt landed the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger in the beautiful, mountain-ringed valley of Taurus-Littrow and spent three days exploring its [...] Read more of this post Ben Evans | December 2, 2012 at 6:00 am | Tags: "Forever Young", Al Worden, Apollo, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, Apollo 17, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, Astronaut, Black September, Cape Canaveral, Charlie Duke, Chris Kraft, Chuck La Pinta, Dave Scott, Deke Slayton, Exploration, Explore, Gene Cernan, George Low, Human Space Flight, Jack Schmitt, Jim Irwin, Jim McDivitt, John Young, Johnson Space Center, Lunar, Mare Imbrium, Moon, NASA, rocket, Rockets, Ron Evans, Space, space exploration, Stu Roosa, Taurus-Littrow | Categories: Apollo, astronaut, Moon, NASA | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7ct Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=27681