Description
Gene Cernan (left) in the boulders on the rim of Camelot Crater. Jack comes into view on the right. Gene starts trying to hammer a fresh sample off a block near him and Jack comes over to collect it with a scoop, collecting a sample bag from Gene's back pack and putting the sample inside it. One of them calls it a gabbro. It's sample 462 - a freshly fractured rock. Jack puts it back in Gene's backpack side pocket as he stands still. Capcom Bob Parker discusses temperatures and other conditions of the rover with a colleague in the audio over Gene and Jack.
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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