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Gene Cernan’s first words were “As I step off at the surface of Taurus-Littrow, I’d like to dedicate the first steps of Apollo Seventeen to all those who made it possible.”
Traverse Map
Setting up the Flag
Testing the Rover
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Gene had a deadlock visual on the landing site. He knew exactly where he was, and the LM had become part of him, responding to his wishes as well as his touch on the controls as they lowered closer to the surface.
View of the Landing site from the LM
Crater Galois at the far side terminator
Landing Site at Taurus-Littrow
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For the next two days, Jack Schmitt would do a running account of Earth’s weather patterns. One Capcom even called Schmitt the human weather satellite.
Gene Cernan
Ron Evans
Jack Schmitt
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At 12:33 A.M. Dec. 7th 1972, “the hold-down arms released and the mighty Saturn V stirred, balanced on a dazzling fireball that grew to the size of an atomic bomb. As a show-stopping spectacular, nothing in the entire space program compared to the night launch.” Gene Cernan
Lift-Off
Cleared the Tower
Climb to Orbit
