Description
Gene Cernan (left) and Jack Schmitt (right) collect samples from the boulder field at Camelot Crater - providing a running commentary of the sample number - 463. Capcom Bob Parker discusses other things with colleagues at Mission Control in the audio. Jack bounds over to stand in a position to photograph the place the sample was taken from sing his chest camera. The pair head off further into the boulder field for more samples. (Action continues in clip FTV-0000530)
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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