NASA Photo ID: AS17-134-20384      File Name: 10075953.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/13/72
Title: Astronaut Harrison Schmitt next to deployed U.S. flag on lunar surface
Description:
Scientist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, is 
photographed next to the U.S. flag during extravehicular activity (EVA) of 
NASA's final lunar landing mission in the Apollo series. The photo was 
taken at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag 
appears to point toward our planet earth in the distant background.                  

Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
CEREMONIES                              
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
FLAGS                                   
LUNAR LANDING SITES                     
LUNAR MODULE                            
LUNAR ROVING VEHICLES                   
LUNAR SURFACE                           

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