domingo, dezembro 11, 2011

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Mission insignia
Apollo 17-insignia.png


Mission name Apollo 17 

Spacecraft name CSM: America
LM: Challenger
 
Command Module CM-114
mass 12,874 pounds (5,840 kg)


Service Module SM-114
mass 54,044 pounds (24,514 kg)

Lunar Module LM-12
mass 36,724 pounds (16,658 kg)

Spacecraft mass 103,570 pounds (46,980 kg)

Crew size 3

Call sign Command module:
America
Lunar module:
Challenger
Launch vehicle Saturn V SA-512

Launch pad LC 39A
Kennedy Space Center
Florida, USA

Launch date December 7, 1972
05:33:00 UTC

Lunar landing December 11, 1972
19:54:57 UTC
Taurus-Littrow
20.19080°N 30.77168°E
(based on the IAU Mean Earth Polar Axis coordinate system)

Lunar EVA duration
First 07:11:53
Second    07:36:56
Third 07:15:08
Total 22:03:57

Lunar surface time 3 d 02 h 59 m 40s

Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV-3

CMP EVA duration 01:05:44

Lunar sample mass 110.52 kg (243.7 lb)

Total CSM time in lunar orbit 6 d 03 h 43 m 37 s

Landing December 19, 1972
19:24:59 UTC
South Pacific Ocean
17.88°S 166.11°W

Mission duration 12 d 13 h 51 m 59 s

Crew photo 

Apollo 17 crew.jpg

Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans

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