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Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt with the U.S. flag and the Earth in the sky.
Image Credit: NASA
Published: October 20, 2017

Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt with the U.S. flag and the Earth in the sky. Taken during the mission's first EVA on the lunar surface on December 19, 1972.

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