[APOLLO 17] DRIVING THE LUNAR ROVER, INSCRIBED BY SCHMITT. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 13 DECEMBER 1972.

[APOLLO 17] 

HARRISON SHCMITT DRIVING THE LUNAR ROVER. 13 DECEMBER 1972.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic print, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS17-134-20454” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tray spot to verso.

INSCRIBED and SIGNED by HARRISON SCHMITT: "HARRISON SCHMITT | APOLLO 17"

The present image depicts Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt seated in the Lunar Rover at Station 9 (Van Serg Crater), during the third Apollo 17 EVA at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Schmitt, a trained geologist, was the first member of NASA's inaugural scientist-astronaut group to fly in space.