NASA Photo ID: S72-48854           File Name: 10075921.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 09/06/72
Title: Apollo 17 crewmembers examine rock specimens during geological field trip
Description:
Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission
examine  rock specimens during lunar surface extravehicular activity
simulation  training on a geological field trip to the Pancake Range area
of  south-central Nevada. They are Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (right),
commander;  and Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module
pilot. They are  standing on the rim of Lunar Crater, which is about 600
ft. deep and  five-eighths of a mile in diameter. It is a volcanic crater.               

Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
ASTRONAUTS                              
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
GEOLOGY                                 
LUNAR SURFACE                           
NEVADA                                  
SIMULATION                              

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