Harrison Schmitt

Portrait of astronaut Eugene Cernan, last explorer of another world

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 164:11:18 GET

Large-format presentation vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, 27.7 x 35.5cm (11 x 14in) (NASA MSC) [NASA AS17-140-21388]
27.7 x 35.5cm (11 x 14in)

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This photograph taken near the LM Challenger at the beginning of the last EVA on the lunar surface is one of the most iconic of the Apollo program.

“As I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long into the future - I’d like to just (say) what I believe history will record,” said Eugene Cernan at the end of the last lunar surface EVA (at 170:41:00 GET). “That America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all Mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17”.