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Apollo 17
| Mission Insignia
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| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Apollo 17
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| Call Sign: | Command module: America Lunar module: Challenger
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Number of Crew: | 3
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| Launch: | December 7, 1972 05:33:00 UTC Kennedy Space Center LC 39A
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| Lunar Landing: | December 11, 1972 19:54:57 UTC 20° 11' 26.88" N - 30° 46' 18.05" E Taurus-Littrow
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Lunar EVA length: | 1st: 7 h 11 min 53 s 2nd: 7 h 36 min 56 s 3rd: 7 h 15 min 8 s Total: 22 h 3 min 57 s
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| CMP EVA: | 1 h 5 min 44 s
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Lunar Surface Time: | 74 h 59 min 40 s
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Lunar Sample Mass: | 110.52 kg
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| Landing: | December 19, 1972 19:24:59 UTC 17° 53' S - 166° 7' W
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| Duration: | 12 d 13 h 51 min 59 s
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Number of Lunar Orbits: | 75
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Time in Lunar Orbit: | 147 h 43 min 37.11 s
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| Mass: | CSM 30,369 kg; LM 16,456 kg
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| Crew Picture
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| Apollo 17 Crew
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Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program, and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. It was the first night launch, and the final mission, of the Apollo program.
1 Crew
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
2 Mission parameters
- Mass:
- Launch mass: 2,923,387 kg
- Total spacecraft: 46,678 kg
- CSM mass: 30,320 kg, of which CM was 5960 kg, SM 24,360 kg
- LM mass: 16,448 kg, of which ascent stage was 4985 kg, descent stage 11,463 kg
- Earth orbits: 2 before leaving for Moon, about one on return
- Lunar orbits: 75
- Perigee: 168.9 km
- Apogee: 171.3 km
- InclinationInclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planet's equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees.: 28.526°
- PeriodA period is an arbitrary interval of time. The word is applied to many different concepts: generally, in science, the time taken for one complete cycle of an alternating quantity. The period of oscillation of a wave is the time taken for the wave to compl: 87.83 min
- Perilune: 97.4 km
- Apolune: 314.8 km
- InclinationInclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planet's equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees.: 159.9°
- PeriodA period is an arbitrary interval of time. The word is applied to many different concepts: generally, in science, the time taken for one complete cycle of an alternating quantity. The period of oscillation of a wave is the time taken for the wave to compl: min
- Landing Site: 20.19080° N - 30.77168° E or
20° 11' 26.88" N - 30° 46' 18.05" E