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Lot 204
Exploring the Moon: Astronaut Harrison Schmitt beside Tracy's Rock; Schmitt shakes lunar soil from his rake; Schmitt at the lunar rover, December 7-19, 1972
Eugene Cernan [Apollo 17]
Fermé28 April 2021
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The East Massif and Bear Mountain dominate the horizon in the background of photograph i. taken by astronaut Eugene Cernan 50m above the floor of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow.
“I wish I’d climbed to the top of the mountain to get even a better view. But, even where we were it was a much better panorama than we got from the Scarp (station 2A). We couldn’t see much from the Scarp. Over here, we could see everything: Challenger, the Scarp, the Sculptured Hills, and everything. I do remember this. It was fantastic - like coming over a hill and getting a look into a great big valley somewhere in the middle of Idaho,” said Eugene Cernan (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 165:35:20 GET).
165:34:53 Cernan: Oh, and there’s Challenger! Holy Smoley! You know, Jack, when we finish with Station 8, we will have covered this whole valley from corner to corner!
165:35:18 Schmitt: That was the idea.
“I wish I’d climbed to the top of the mountain to get even a better view. But, even where we were it was a much better panorama than we got from the Scarp (station 2A). We couldn’t see much from the Scarp. Over here, we could see everything: Challenger, the Scarp, the Sculptured Hills, and everything. I do remember this. It was fantastic - like coming over a hill and getting a look into a great big valley somewhere in the middle of Idaho,” said Eugene Cernan (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 165:35:20 GET).
165:34:53 Cernan: Oh, and there’s Challenger! Holy Smoley! You know, Jack, when we finish with Station 8, we will have covered this whole valley from corner to corner!
165:35:18 Schmitt: That was the idea.