NASA Photo ID: AS17-145-22165      File Name: 10075965.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/12/72
Title: Astronaut Harrison Schmitt retrieving lunar samples during EVA
Description:
Scientist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, with
his  adjustable sampling scoop, heads for a selected rock on the lunar
surface to  retrieve the sample for study. The action was photographed by
Apollo 17 crew  commander, Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan on the mission's
second extravehicular  activity (EVA-2), at Station 5 (Camelot Crater) at
the Taurus-Littrow landing  site.                
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
ASTRONAUTS                              
COLLECTION                              
EQUIPMENT                               
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
LUNAR ROCKS                             
LUNAR SOIL                              
LUNAR SURFACE                           
SAMPLES                                 

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