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[Apollo 17]
The Last Words On The Moon
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[APOLLO 17]
The Last Words On The Moon
Color photograph, 16 x 20 in., SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Mission Commander Gene Cernan: "- 11TH MOON WALKER - / LAST MAN ON THE MOON / DECEMBER 14, 1972 / GENE CERNAN". With additional inscription: I'd like to say what I believe / history will record — that / America's challenge of today / has forged man's destiny / of tomorrow… And as we / leave the Moon at Taurus Littrow, / we leave as we came and God / willing as we shall return / with peace and hope for / all mankind…"
GENE CERNAN’S LAST WORDS TO THE MOON. The Apollo 17 mission garnered a number of record-setting achievements. These included three EVAs totaling about 22 hours of exploration of the Taurus-Littrow valley. Mission Commander Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Schmitt covered that 22 miles using the Lunar Rover, and collected a record 75 pounds of geologic samples. Cernan piloted the Rover on its final run, during which he clocked a maximum speed of 11.2 mph, giving him the (unofficial) lunar land speed record.