NASA Photo ID: S72-48864 File Name: 10075923.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW Date Taken: 09/06/72
Title: Apollo 17 crewmembers ride Lunar Roving Vehicle during geological field trip
Description:
Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission ride
in a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer during lunar surface extravehicular
activity simulation training in the Pancake Range area of south-central
Nevada. They are Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (foreground), commander; and
Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's right), lunar module
pilot.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUT TRAINING
ASTRONAUTS
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY
GEOLOGY
LUNAR ROVING VEHICLES
LUNAR SURFACE
NEVADA
SIMULATION
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