Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. It was the first night launch, and the final mission, of the Apollo program. Apollo 17 - Crew. Eugene Cernan (flew on Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, & Apollo 17), commander Ron Evans (flew on Apollo 17), command module pilot Harrison "Jack" Schmitt (flew on Apollo 17), lunar module pilot A ...

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• Apollo 17 - Crew
• Apollo 17 - Backup crew
• Apollo 17 - Support Crew
• Apollo 17 - Mission parameters
• Apollo 17 - Docking
• Apollo 17 - EVAs
• Apollo 17 - Mission highlights
• Apollo 17 - Introduction
• Apollo 17 - Mission notes
• Apollo 17 - Quotes
• Apollo 17 - Media
• Apollo 17 - Reference

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Apollo 17 - Docking. Undocked: December 11, 1972 - 17:20:56 UTC Docked: December 15, 1972 - 01:10:15 UTC Apollo 17 - EVAs. Cernan and Schmitt - EVA 1 EVA 1 Start: December 11, 1972, 23:54:49 UTC EVA 1 End: 12 December 07:06:42 UTC Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds Cernan and Schmitt - EVA 2 EVA 2 Start: December 12, 19 ...

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Apollo 17, Apollo 17 - Crew, Apollo 17 - Backup crew, Apollo 17 - Support Crew, Apollo 17 - Mission parameters, Apollo 17 - Docking, Apollo 17 - EVAs, Apollo 17 - Mission highlights, Apollo 17 - Introduction, Apollo 17 - Mission notes, Apollo 17 - Quotes, Apollo 17 - Media, Apollo 17 - Reference

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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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• 1972 - Events
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The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. One of the world's premier research universities, Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering. Caltech also owns and manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an autonomous-space-flight complex that oversees the design and operation of most of NASA's space-probes. California Institute of Technology - History. Including:

• California Institute of Technology - History
• California Institute of Technology - Academics
• California Institute of Technology - Academic departments
• California Institute of Technology - Undergraduate program
• California Institute of Technology - Student life
• California Institute of Technology - House system
• California Institute of Technology - Traditions

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Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961–1972. It was devoted to the goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth within the decade of the 1960s. This goal was achieved with the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. The program continued into the early 1970s to carry out the initial hands-on scientific exploration of the Moon, with a total of six successful landing ...

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• Project Apollo - Background
• Project Apollo - Choosing a mission mode
• Project Apollo - Flights
• Project Apollo - Apollo Applications Program
• Project Apollo - End of the program
• Project Apollo - Reasons for Apollo
• Project Apollo - Miscellaneous information
• Project Apollo - Missions
• Project Apollo - Unmanned Saturn I
• Project Apollo - Unmanned pad abort tests
• Project Apollo - Unmanned Little Joe II
• Project Apollo - Unmanned Apollo-Saturn IB and Saturn V
• Project Apollo - Manned
• Project Apollo - Cancelled missions
• Project Apollo - Current locations of Apollo Command Modules
• Project Apollo - Later missions using left over Apollo hardware
• Project Apollo - Apollo Launch Complex utilization

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The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. It was the fifth manned mission in the Apollo program. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 - Crew. Neil Armstrong (flew in Gemini 8 & Apollo 11), commander Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (flew in Gemini 12 & Apollo 11), lunar module pilot Michael Collins (flew in Gemini 10 & Apoll ...

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• Apollo 11 - Crew
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• Apollo 11 - Contingency television address
• Apollo 11 - Mission trivia and urban legends
• Apollo 11 - Trivia
• Apollo 11 - Folklore

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Aristarchus is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon's near side. It is considered the brightest of the large formations on the lunar surface, with an albedo nearly double that of most lunar features. The feature is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye, and is dazzling in a large telescope. It is also readily identified when most of the lunar surface is illuminated by earth-shine. The Aristarchus crater is located on an elevated rocky plateau, known as the Aristarchus plateau, in the midst of the Oceanus Procellarum lava plain. It is just to ...

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• Aristarchus crater - Remote sensing
• Aristarchus crater - Transient lunar phenomenon
• Aristarchus crater - Satellite craters

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December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining. December 7 - Events. 1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. 1776 - Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general. 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1815 - Michel Ney, Marshal of France, is executed by firing squad, after havin ...

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• December 7 - Events
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• December 7 - Holidays and observances

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The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies. The United States flag is commonly called the "the Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory," with the latter nickname coined in 18 ...

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• Flag of the United States - Traditions
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• Flag of the United States - Design
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• Flag of the United States - Standards of respect
• Flag of the United States - Displaying the flag outdoors
• Flag of the United States - Displaying the flag indoors
• Flag of the United States - Parading and saluting the flag
• Flag of the United States - Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem
• Flag of the United States - The flag in mourning
• Flag of the United States - Folding the flag
• Flag of the United States - Miscellaneous
• Flag of the United States - Places where the American flag is displayed continuously
• Flag of the United States - History
• Flag of the United States - State stars and design duration
• Flag of the United States - Symmetry
• Flag of the United States - Future of the flag

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Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. The module came to within 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km) of the lunar surface during practice maneuvers. According to the 2001 Guinness World Records Apollo 10 has the record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle: 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or 24,791 mph). The speed record was set during th ...

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• Apollo 10 - Crew
• Apollo 10 - Backup Crew
• Apollo 10 - Support Crew
• Apollo 10 - Mission Parameters
• Apollo 10 - LM - CSM Docking
• Apollo 10 - LM closest approach to lunar surface
• Apollo 10 - Mission Highlights
• Apollo 10 - Reference
• Apollo 10 - External link

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The Moon as seen from Earth Ammonia Carbon dioxide The Moon is the planet Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other than "The Moon", although in English it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon), or Selene, to distinguish it from the generic "moon" (natural satellites of other planets are also called moons). Its symbol is a crescent (Unicode: ☾). The terms lunar, selene/seleno-, and cynthion (from the Lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon (apo ...

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• Moon - The two sides
• Moon - Orbit
• Moon - Earth & Moon
• Moon - Origin and history
• Moon - Physical characteristics
• Moon - Composition
• Moon - Selenography
• Moon - Presence of water
• Moon - Magnetic field
• Moon - Atmosphere
• Moon - Eclipses
• Moon - Occultation of stars
• Moon - Observation of the Moon
• Moon - Exploration of the Moon
• Moon - Human understanding of the Moon
• Moon - Myth and folk culture
• Moon - The Moon as muse
• Moon - Astrology
• Moon - Scientific understanding
• Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon
• Moon - Legal status
• Moon - Satellites
• Moon - Surface installations
• Moon - Lunar location listings

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"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on 7 December 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45,000 kilometers or about 28,000 miles. [1]. It is one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence. Earth is said to have the appearance of a child's marble in the photo; that is the Earth has the same aspect at this distance as a child's marble at about arm's length. The time of Apollo 17's launch, 12:33 a.m. EST on 7 December, meant that Africa was in daylight during the early hours of the spacecraft's trip to the Moon. With the December ...

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Permanent human habitation on a planetary body other than the Earth is a central theme in science fiction. As technology has improved and concerns about the future of humanity on Earth increase, some argue that space colonization is an achievable and worthwhile goal. Because of its proximity to Earth and the early telescopic observation of familiar land forms, such as mountains and plains, the Moon has long been seen as a candidate for a possible human colony in space. However, the Apollo program, while demonstrating the feasibility of trave ...

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• Colonization of the Moon - History
• Colonization of the Moon - Exploration phase
• Colonization of the Moon - Advantages and disadvantages
• Colonization of the Moon - Advantages
• Colonization of the Moon - Disadvantages
• Colonization of the Moon - Locations
• Colonization of the Moon - Polar regions
• Colonization of the Moon - Equatorial regions
• Colonization of the Moon - Far side
• Colonization of the Moon - Structure
• Colonization of the Moon - Habitat
• Colonization of the Moon - Energy
• Colonization of the Moon - Transport
• Colonization of the Moon - On the surface
• Colonization of the Moon - Surface to space
• Colonization of the Moon - Economic development
• Colonization of the Moon - Moon colonies in fiction and film
• Colonization of the Moon - Books
• Colonization of the Moon - Television
• Colonization of the Moon - Film
• Colonization of the Moon - Computer and video games

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Tycho is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands. To the south is Street crater; to the east Pictet, and to the north-northeast is Sasserides crater. The surface around Tycho is replete with craters of various differing radii, many overlapping still older craters. Some of the smaller craters are secondary craters formed from larger chunks of ejecta from Tycho. Tycho is a relatively young crater, with an estimated age of 108 million years, as estimated from samples of the crater rays recove ...

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• Tycho crater - Satellite craters

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Charles Moss Duke, Jr. (born 3 October 1935), (Brigadier General, USAF, Retired) was a United States astronaut for NASA. He is one of only twelve men who have walked on the moon. Duke is married to the former Dorothy Meade Claiborne, and has two sons, Charles III born in 1965 and Thomas born in 1967, and five grandchildren. He and his wife reside in New Braunfels, Texas. Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Personal Data. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 3, 1935. Married to the former Dorothy Meade C ...

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• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Personal Data
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Education
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Special Honors
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Organizations
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Experience
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - NASA Experience
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Space Flight Experience
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Post NASA
• Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Duke in the movies

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Gemini 9A - Launch attempts. The first launch attempt of Gemini 9A was on June 1. The ATDA had launched perfectly into a 298 kilometre orbit, though telemetry from it indicated that the launched shroud had failed to open properly. But the Gemini spacecraft was not able to launch the same day as planned. At T-3 minutes, the ground computers could not contact the Gemini computers for some reason and the 40 second launch window o ...

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Gemini 9A, Gemini 9A - Crew, Gemini 9A - Backup crew, Gemini 9A - Mission parameters, Gemini 9A - 1st rendezvous, Gemini 9A - Space walk, Gemini 9A - Objectives, Gemini 9A - Flight, Gemini 9A - Launch attempts, Gemini 9A - Rendezvous, Gemini 9A - EVA, Gemini 9A - Experiments, Gemini 9A - Reentry, Gemini 9A - Insignia, Gemini 9A - Capsule location

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Alphonsus is one of the sites noted for transient lunar phenomena, as glowing red-hued clouds have been reported emanating from the crater. On October 26, 1956, the lunar astronomer Dinsmore Alter noted some blurring of the rilles on the floor of Alphonsus in the photographs he took in violet light. The same blurring did not occur in the infrared photographs he took at the same time. However, few professional astronomers found t ...

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Alphonsus crater, Alphonsus crater - Transient lunar phenomena, Alphonsus crater - Interior craters, Alphonsus crater - Satellite craters

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Attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, South Carolina, and graduated valedictorian from the Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1953. Duke received a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Sciences from the United States Naval Academy in 1957 and a Master's degree in Aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. In 1973 he was presented an honorary doctorate of Philosophy from the University of South Carolina. Duke received an honorary doctorate of ...

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Charles Moss Duke Jr., Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Personal Data, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Education, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Special Honors, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Organizations, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Experience, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - NASA Experience, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Space Flight Experience, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Post NASA, Charles Moss Duke Jr. - Duke in the movies

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Until the far side of the Moon was photographed by the Soviet probe Luna 3 in 1959, little was known about its properties. Librations of the Moon periodically allowed limited glimpses of features that are located near the lunar limb on the far side. But these features were seen from a low angle, hindering useful observation. (It proved difficult to distinguish a crater from a mountain range.) The remaining 41% of the surface on the far side remained unknown, and its ...

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Far side Moon, Far side Moon - Exploration, Far side Moon - Potential, Far side Moon - Fictional references

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The Moon makes a complete orbit about the Earth approximately once every 28 days. Each hour the Moon moves relative to the stars by an amount roughly equal to its angular diameter, or by about 0.5°. The Moon differs from most satellites of other planets in that its orbit is close to the plane of the ecliptic and not in the Earth's equatorial plane. Several ways to consider a complete orbit are detailed in the table below, but the two most familiar are: the sidereal month being the time it takes to make a complete orbit with respect t ...

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Moon, Moon - The two sides of the Moon, Moon - Orbit, Moon - Earth & Moon, Moon - Tidal Effects, Moon - Double-planet hypotheses, Moon - Origin and history, Moon - Physical characteristics, Moon - Composition, Moon - Selenography, Moon - Presence of water, Moon - Magnetic field, Moon - Atmosphere, Moon - Eclipses, Moon - Occultation of stars, Moon - Observation of the Moon, Moon - Exploration of the Moon, Moon - Human understanding of the Moon, Moon - Myth and folk culture, Moon - The Moon as muse, Moon - Astrology, Moon - Scientific understanding, Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon, Moon - Legal status, Moon - Satellites, Moon - Surface installations, Moon - Lunar location listings

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