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4 days ago · The EVA ended with Gene Cernan taking the final step off the lunar surface. During these EVAs the astronauts set up the ALSEP and performed other scientific experiments. The LM lifted off from the Moon on 14 December at 22:54:37 UT after 75 hours on the lunar surface.
Jun 18, 2024 · While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Challenger” to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
5 days ago · On 11 December 1972 two astronauts (Commander Eugene A. Cernan and LM pilot Harrison H. Schmitt, the first scientist on the Moon) landed in the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon in the Lunar Module (LM) while the Command and Service Module (CSM) (with CM pilot Ronald E. Evans) continued in lunar orbit.
5 days ago · The backup crew for this mission was Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Joe Engle. The Apollo 14 command module "Kitty Hawk" is currently on display at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida.
Jun 18, 2024 · While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Challenger to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Command Module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module (CSM) “America” in lunar-orbit.
3 days ago · The USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was an Essex -class aircraft carrier constructed by the US Navy during World War II. Named to honor the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American...
4 days ago · This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft . For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name . More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.
