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