IMAGE 900_999\900.Lbm,The mission emblem for Apollo 17, the last Moon landing mission.
IMAGE 1600_99\620.Lbm,The Apollo 17 crew, with their launch rocket behind them. They are Eugene Cernan (seated) and behind him Harrison Schmitt (left) and Ronald Evans.
IMAGE 1600_99\622.Lbm,The nearside of the Moon, showing the location of the final Apollo landing. (Apollo 17)
IMAGE 800_899\874.Lbm,Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt (foreground) and Eugene Cernan rehearse at the Kennedy Space Center for their forthcoming lunar EVA.
IMAGE 500_599\591.Lbm,In March 1972 Ronald Evans has a final fitting for his spacesuit ready for December's Apollo 17 mission, the project's last. Before the shuttle era, every astronaut had an individually tailored spacesuit.
IMAGE 100_199\168.Lbm,The spectacular lift-off of Saturn V/Apollo 17 on December 7, 1972, the first and only night-time launch of the Saturn V.
IMAGE 300_399\331.Lbm,The Saturn V/Apollo 17 launch vehicle lights up the night sky as it thunders from the pad on December 7, 1972.
IMAGE 100_199\189.Lbm,The Apollo astronauts snapped this picture of a full Moon as they set course for Earth in December 1972. It is not the view we see from Earth. About two-thirds shows the far side we can't see from Earth.
IMAGE 100_199\116.Lbm,This Apollo 17 photograph shows geologist Harrison Schmitt close to a massive boulder near the Taurus-Littrow landing site in December 1972.
IMAGE 100_199\123.Lbm,On the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 Eugene Cernan is about to board the lunar roving vehicle, equipped with TV camera and an antenna to transmit pictures to Earth.
IMAGE 200_299\207.Lbm,One of the classic Apollo photographs, of Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the "Stars and Stripes" and the distant Earth.
IMAGE 200_299\218.Lbm,Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan takes the lunar roving vehicle for a test drive before loading it with equipment before the first EVA on December 11, 1972.
IMAGE 300_399\328.Lbm,Geologist Harrison Schmitt gets down to some lunar "gardening" on the Apollo 17 mission.
IMAGE 800_899\822.Lbm,Astronaut-geologist Harrison Schmitt pictured with the lunar rover at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on Apollo 17.
IMAGE 700_799\720.Lbm,Ronald Evans performs a deep space EVA as Apollo 17 makes its way back to Earth. He retrieves film cassettes from the Moon-scanning cameras.
IMAGE 1600_99\624.Lbm,Centred in this Apollo 17 photograph is the island continent of Australia.
IMAGE 1600_99\623.Lbm,Looking back to Earth, the Apollo 17 astronauts take this splendid photograph of part of Africa and the Middle East.
IMAGE 0_99\21.Lbm,The Apollo 17 command module just before splashdown on December 19, 1972. Aboard are Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt.
IMAGE 800_899\805.Lbm,The Apollo era is all but over. The Apollo 17 command module has just splashed down after the final Apollo mission. December 19, 1972.
