Description
Camera pans right to see Gene Cernan amidst the boulders of the Camelot Crater rim. He heads off to the left towards the Rover and the camera follows his progress. Capcom Bob Parker tells them that he'd like them to leave immediately if not sooner. Gene breaks out into a sort of bounce clearly enjoying the locomotion as he sings "hipperty-hoperty hipperty-hoperty over the hill" and continues to sing "hipperty hoperty all [day] long. Cernan reaches the rover, commenting further "my golly this time goes fast".
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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