Looking Forward to NASA's Artemis I: Apollo 17 Earthrise—December 1972
Apollo 17: 50th Anniversary (1972-2022) Image
This is a spectacular Earthrise view from lunar orbit on December 16, 1972, during NASA's Apollo 17 Moon Mission. Apollo 17 crew: Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final deep space mission of NASA's Apollo program—the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
This is a historic image.
NASA/JSC Catalog# AS17-152-23274
Learn about NASA's Apollo Program—Apollo 7-17 (1968-1972):
https://history.nasa.gov/apollo.html
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-apollo-program-58.html
Through Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, heralding a new era for space exploration and utilization. The Artemis missions are increasingly complex endeavours that will lay the foundation for sustainable human and robotic exploration of Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon.
Learn about NASA's Artemis Program:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/
https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1
Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download):
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
NASA's Orion Spacecraft
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/PipploIMP
Image Date: December 16, 1972
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