[APOLLO 17] THE COMMAND MODULE VIEWED FROM LM CHALLENGER. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 7-19 DECEMBER 1972.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 17] 

THE COMMAND MODULE VIEWED FROM LUNAR MODULE CHALLENGER. 7-19 DECEMBER 1972.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS17-147-22457” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tape to verso.

Apollo 17 holds the distinction of being the first mission to have no one on board who had been a test pilot (X-15 test pilot Joe Engle lost the lunar module pilot assignment to Harrison Schmitt). In addition to this, the mission broke several crewed spaceflight records, including: the longest Moon landing, the longest total EVAs, the largest lunar sample, the longest time in lunar orbit, and (at 75) the most lunar orbits.