[1] Eugene Cernan or Harrison Schmitt
The Command Module America with all five windows facing the Moon
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 52
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS17-145-22273” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[2] Eugene Cernan or Harrison Schmitt
View of the Moon from the lunar module
December 7-19, 1972
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS17-145-22266” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[3] Eugene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt at Tracy’s Rock, station 6
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 165:34:53 GET
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS17-140-21496” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[4] Eugene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt taking 500mm photographs at Tracy’s Rock, station 6
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 165:49:31 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with red NASA MSC number “AS17-146-22294” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[5] Apollo 17 / Unidentified photographer
The Tranquility Base and American flag on the lunar surface
December 7-19, 1972
Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS17-145-22209” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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[1] The Command Service Module is seen preparing to rendezvous with the Lunar Module with the moon in the background. The golden reflection of the lunar surface and the dark reflection of the black sky of space are clearly visible on the CSM.
The photograph was taken with the 60mm lens looking southeast over the south-eastern Sea of Serenity showing the 16-km deep and 1.7 km wide Crater Bessel.
On the lunar horizon, the Taurus Littrow landing site is hidden by the spacecraft.
Latitude / Longitude: 22° N / 22° E.

[2] This superb photograph was taken from the Lunar Module of the moon, showing the prominent craters in the lunar surface.

[3] A superb frame of the panoramic sequence taken by Cernan upslope from Tracy’s Rock. Schmitt carries the gnomon after sampling and collecting fragments of the split boulder. “At the far right of the photograph, just above the rock, the astronauts’ LM Challenger can be seen as a distant speck sitting at the right edge of the lighter area” (Reynolds, p.208). The East Massif (left) and Bear Mountain (right) form the skyline in the background. 165:33:38 Cernan: I just got to get a place I can get a pan from. Right here. Right in this little hole. (Pause) (Gesturing) Okay, now I left the gnomon down there. 165:33:50 Schmitt: Okay. I’ll have to go get it. (Pause) I think we’ll set up right here near the Rover.

[4] Schmitt holds the 500mm lens Hasselblad in his hand. He is leaning on the boulder for stability in order to take telephotographs. The Lunar Rover is in the foreground. 165:43:48 Schmitt: How am I going to see up there to shoot this thing? 165:43:52 Cernan: Well, why don’t you lean against the rock? Go over there and lean against it.

[5] The Tranquility Base and American flag on the lunar surface, photographed from the Lunar Module window.