Happy 4th of July! | NASA
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Image Description: Astronaut Harrison Schmitt was the first scientist and geologist to visit the Moon. In this picture, astronaut Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, stands near the deployed United States flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) of NASA's final lunar landing mission in the Apollo series. The Lunar Module (LM) is at left background and the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at right background (partially obscured). The photo was made by astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the LM "Challenger" to explore the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "America" in lunar orbit. As he returned to the Lunar Module before Cernan, Schmitt is the next-to-last person to have walked on the Moon's surface. Since the death of Cernan in 2017, Schmitt is the most recent person to have walked on the Moon that is still alive.
https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-harrison-schmitt/
Learn more about NASA's Apollo Program:
https://www.nasa.gov/the-apollo-program/
Learn about NASA's Artemis Program
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/
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."
Image Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Image Date: December 13, 1972
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