Description
Jack Schmitt comes around into shot on the right, with Gene Cernan on the left of shot (red bands on his arms). The two of them stand in front of the camera in a very well lit shot - discussing sample bag numbers. Gene's gold visor is up and you can see his face. Jack drops a bag into the side of Gene's PLSS backpack and continues to discuss technical details of what they are doing. He tells Gene he's going to go and get a "pan" meaning camera panorama. The TV camera pans around to the right back to the orange soil location.
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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