View of Earth Above the Antenna of the Lunar Roving Vehicle During EVA

Astronaut on Moon holding antenna with distant Earth in the background
NASA/JSC
July 9, 2018
CreditNASA/JSC
Historical DateDecember 13, 1972
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Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in this photograph taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, stands beside the LRV. Schmitt is the mission's lunar module pilot. While Cernan and Schmitt descended in the lunar module "Challenger" to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit.