Moon-apollo17-schmitt_boulder.jpg

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Description Moon-apollo17-schmitt boulder.jpg	Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus–Littrow landing site on the Moon . Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot.
Date	13 December 1972
Source	This picture was taken by Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (commander) on 70mm film during the Apollo XVII mission, https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo17/hires/as17-140-21496.jpg
Author	Eugene A. Cernan

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