Detail View: NASA Johnson Space Center Collection: Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission
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Title:
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Two of Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their lunar landing mission
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Description:
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Two of the three Apollo 17 crewmen join in commemoration of their historic lunar landing mission of one year ago by presenting the flight controllers in Mission Control Center (MSC) the U.S. flag which flew with them to the Moon. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, center, Apollo 17 commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, right, lunar module pilot, are shown with Eugene F. Kranz, who accepted the flag on behalf of all the flight controllers during special ceremonies in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of MCC during the third manned Skylab mission. Kranz is Chief of the Flight Control Division of the Flight Operations Directorate at JSC.
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Date Taken:
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1973-12-11
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Program:
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Apollo
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Mission:
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Apollo XVII
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facet_what:
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Apollo 17
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facet_where:
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Photo ID:
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S73-38346
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Film Type:
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35mm BW
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UID:
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SPD-JSC-S73-38346
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original url:
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http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption.jsp?datesearch=Go&from_day=1&from_month=1&from_year=1900&hitsperpage=5&pageno=580&photoId=S73-38346&searchpage=true&to_day=31&to_month=12&to_year=3000
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