Description
Slow zoom out on Gene Cernan standing on the edge of Shorty crater, talking about what he's seeing and that he's run out of film. Mission control talk about the time they've got left at this site. Gene starts coming back towards the camera - running around the edge of Shorty Crater. Jack Schmitt crosses close in front of the camera and Gene heads off camera right, acknowledging to capcom Bob Parker that he knows they don't have much more time left here.
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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