NASA Photo ID: AS17-145-22254      File Name: 10075984.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/14/72
Title: Apollo 17 Command/Service modules photographed from lunar module in orbit
Description:
A view of the Apollo 17 command and service modules photographed from the 
lunar module (LM) Challenger during rendezvous and docking maneuvers in
lunar  orbit. The LM ascent stage, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and
Harrison H.  Schmitt aboard, had just returned from the Taurus-Littrow
landing site on the  lunar surface. Note the exposed Scientific Instrument
Module (SIM) bay in  sector 1 of the service module. Three experiments are
carried in the  bay: S-209 lunar sounder, S-171 infrared scanning
spectrometer, and the S-169  far-ultraviolet spectrometer. Also mounted in
the SIM bay are the panoramic  camera, mapping camera and laser altimeter
used in service module  photographic tasks. A portion of the LM is on the
right.            
Subject terms:
APOLLO 17 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
COMMAND MODULES                         
LUNAR ORBITS                            
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PHOTOGRAPHS                             
RENDEZVOUS                              
SERVICE MODULES                         
SPACECRAFT DOCKING                      

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