 Apollo 17 sample scoop, photographed against lunar rock, 1972.
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Picture Number:10299595
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Caption:
Apollo 17, the sixth and last manned mission to the Moon, with astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt on board, was launched on 7th December 1972. Schmitt, the twelth man to walk on the Moon, was also the first geologist to set foot on its surface.
In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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