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Apollo 17 was launched on
December 7, 1972 and was to land on an area of the moon called the Taurus-Littrow
highlands. Apollo 17’s crew was Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and
Harrison Schmitt. The mission’s main objectives were to gather data on
the moon’s geology , display and activate lunar surface experiments, and
take photographs while in lunar orbit and on the moon. The mission also
included biomedical experiments.
On December 11, 1972,
Apollo 17’s lunar module landed. Upon reaching the lunar surface, a
series of tests and experiments were conducted. Some of these tests and
experiments were the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), a
heat flow experiment, Lunar Seismic Profiling (LSP), the Lunar Surface
Gravimeter (LSG), the Lunar Atmospheric Composition experiment (LACE), and
the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites (LEAM). A Lunar roving vehicle (LRV) was
also used in order to traverse a total of 30.5 km. 110.4 kg (243165) of
material was gathered from the lunar surface.
The Lunar Module lifted of
the moon on December 14, 1972 to rendezvous with the Command/Service
Module. Once all the astronauts were in the command module into the moon’s
surface to create a seismic wave for an experiment. The Command/Service
Module splashed down on December 19, 1972. All primary objectives were
accomplished.
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Quick
Facts
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| Height |
363
feet tall |
| Weight |
6,100,000
pounds (2.7 million kg) |
| Crew |
Eugene
Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt |
| Launch
Date |
December
7, 1972 |
| End
Date |
December
19, 1972 |
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