Apollo 17

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10.10.1973 prezydent Georges Pompidou podarował próbkę skały księżycowej wraz z flagą Francji muzeum Palais de la Découverte w Paryżu.
Próbka została dostarczona na Ziemię przez misję Apollo 17.
Flagi krajów podczas tej wyprawy znalazły się na powierzchni Księżyca.

C’est le 21 mars 1973, que le Président Richard Nixon signe une lettre qui accompagnera chacun des échantillons à leurs pays destinataires. Cette lettre et cet échantillon seront également accompagnés d’un drapeau du pays ayant voyagé également sur la surface lunaire à bord du LEM d’Apollo 17.

C'était le 10 octobre 1973
Il y a 50 ans, le Président Georges Pompidou donne au@palaisdecouvert  la roche lunaire offerte à la France par l'équipage d'Apollo 17.
L'occasion de revenir sur cette Moon Rock en vous replongeant dans cet ancien article
https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2012/12/40eme-anniversaire-apollo-17-la-moon_7.html

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1711626111791333871

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14.12.1972: tablica pamiątkowa Apollo 17, przymocowana do przedniej nogi modułu księżycowego Challenger.
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1735023930870530062

Apollo 17 commemorative plaque, fixed to the forward landing leg of Lunar Module Challenger.

"And, as we leave the Moon, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind."
  —Gene Cernan at the end of the final moonwalk.
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan and Schmitt successfully lifted off from the lunar surface #OTD in 1972.

https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1735325120774689009

2) 14.12.1972 o 22.54.37 UTC stopień wzlotowy Apollo 17 wystartował z doliny Taurus-Littrow.
Odlot został uchwycony przez kamerę telewizyjną łazika księżycowego pozostawioną na powierzchni Księżyca.

14 December 1972. 22.54.37 UTC. The Apollo 17 ascent stage launched from the Taurus-Littrow Valley. The departure was captured by the Lunar Rover’s television camera, left behind on the surface of the Moon.

https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1735024088643457316

On December 14, 1972, the Apollo 17 lunar module "Challenger" departed the Moon with Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan, the last astronauts on the Moon. LM liftoff was captured by a TV camera on the LRV that was left behind. More on how it was done: https://s.si.edu/4gx1lsM

https://x.com/airandspace/status/1868121300389990768

3) 16.12.1972  początek podróży powrotnej Apollo 17.

1,452 days after Apollo 8 left lunar orbit Apollo 17's TEI burn, OTD in 1972, begins the journey home. Apollo's 'up close and personal' exploration of the Moon had encompassed 3 years 11 months & 21 days...or 47+ lunar months. An era of discovery that ended 51 years ago today!

https://x.com/aisoffice/status/1735929828342182199

17.12.1972 Ronald Evans wykonał , jak na razie, ostatni spacer kosmiczny poza LEO
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1211.msg112793#msg112793

19.12.1972 zakończył się księżycowy program Apollo
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1211.msg112795#msg112795

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12.1972. Z tego zdjęcia żyją dziś:
Robert Parker,
Charles Moss Duke, Jr,
Harrison Hagan 'Jack' Schmitt.

NASA History Office @NASAhistory 6:00 PM · Dec 8, 2022
For those following https://apolloinrealtime.org/17, have you been curious about who the #Apollo17 crew is talking to in Houston? 8 astronauts including the Apollo 17 support and backup crews took the role of CAPCOM. Bob Parker (top left) was CAPCOM for the lunar EVAs. #Apollo50th

https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1600898017908908033

Derrick Dunn@JDerrickD· Dec 8, 2022
T -Gordon Fullteron, Rob Overmyer, Bob Parker;
M- Stu Roosa (14), John Young (10, 16), Charlie Duke (16);
F - Ron Evans, Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, crew of 17

https://x.com/JDerrickD/status/1600976952529387520

NASA History Office @NASAhistory· Dec 8, 2022
Yes! Top right. Our apologies.

https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/1600915068379488256

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12.12.1972 w T+118:51:19 doszło do pęknięcia błotnika w LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle).
Następnego dnia udało się dokonać naprawy.

Duct tape auto repair on the Moon?
Today in 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts had to create a replacement fender for the Lunar Roving Vehicle, using only materials they had with them on the Moon.

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1734679673223672110

NASA History Office @NASAhistory 6:00 PM · Dec 12, 2024
#Apollo17 astronauts drove the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on the surface of the Moon to cover more ground, traveling a total of 19 miles (30.5 km) over their three days on the Moon. This was the third LRV to drive on the Moon.

During the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity one of the rover's fenders broke resulting in the astronauts getting covered in moon dust as they drove. A makeshift replacement was made #OTD in 1972 with maps and duct tape.
Watch them make the repair: https://apolloinrealtime.org/17/?t=141:08:09

https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1867253111158452498

The four maps used in this lunar repair were returned from the Moon and are now located in the Museum in Washington, DC. The remaining maps from the mission have been donated to the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/duct-tape-auto-repair-moon

Fixing lunar rover with duct tape

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10.11.1972 podczas konferencji prasowej załogi przed lotem w Manned Spacecraft Center, Gene Cernan, ogłosił znaki wywoławcze dla ich statku kosmicznego.
Moduł dowodzenia i obsługi (CSM nr 114) miał otrzymać nazwę „America”, a moduł księżycowy (LM nr 12) – „Challenger”.

During a preflight crew press conference at the Manned Spacecraft Center, OTD 1972, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan announced the callsigns for their spacecraft. The Command and Service Module (CSM #114) would be named "America", and the Lunar Module (LM #12) "Challenger."

https://x.com/aisoffice/status/1987892949980471667