page_title: December 1972
hierarchical_section_title: December 1972
caption_attribution_description: English: In December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon, in the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. Near the beginning of their third and final excursion across the lunar surface, Schmitt took this picture of Cernan flanked by an American flag and their lunar rover's umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna. The prominent Sculptured Hills lie in the background while Schmitt's reflection can just be made out in Cernan's helmet. The Apollo 17 crew returned with 110 kilograms of rock and soil samples, more than from any of the other lunar landing sites. And after thirty years, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon. (description taken from File:As17-140-21391c1.jpg uploaded by User:Derbeth)
context_page_description: The following events occurred in December 1972:
context_section_description: The following events occurred in December 1972:
caption: December 14, 1972: Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to walk on the Moon
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