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Lift off of Apollo 17 from The Lunar Surface  (FTV-0000266)
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Description
The top of the Lunar Module Challenger lifts off from the landing site leaving the lower stage resting on the surface. The remote TV camera covering it pans up from the rover parked a short distance away and watches it rise into the black sky.

Historic Context of Clip
Background to Apollo 17:
Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. As of 2007, it remains the most recent manned Moon landing. Gene Cernan and Geologist Jack Schmitt spent three days exploring the Taurus Littrow Valley with the Lunar Rover, returning with over 110 kg of samples.
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Clip Number: FTV-0000266
Duration: 00:00:08
Date Recorded: Dec-1972
Sound: Mute Mute
Color / B&W: Color
Original Media: Kinescope
Clip Format: Broadcast Standard Definition (720 x 576)
Clip Credit: NASA
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