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Cernan Jump Salutes Flag

Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, 1972. Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17, salutes the US flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background behind the flag and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) also in background behind him. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Challenger to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Command Module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module (CSM) "America" in lunar-orbit. Artist Harrison Schmitt. (Photo by Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, 1972. Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17, salutes the US flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background behind the flag and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) also in background behind him. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Challenger to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Command Module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module (CSM) "America" in lunar-orbit. Artist Harrison Schmitt. (Photo by Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Cernan Jump Salutes Flag
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Credit:
Heritage Images / Contributor
Editorial #:
1349715763
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
January 01, 1972
License type:
Rights-managed
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
2860596
Max file size:
3000 x 3000 px (10.00 x 10.00 in) - 300 dpi - 8 MB