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[Apollo 17] Harrison Schmitt at Tracy’s Rock, station 6, EVA 3. Eugene Cernan, 7–19 December 1972. Printed 1972–1973. Vintage chromogenic print on early resin coated Kodak paper [NASA image AS17–140-21496]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×8 in), with NASA caption numbered “72-H-1581”, “72-HC-931”, “G-73–5353” and “AS17–140-21496“ as well as “A Kodak Paper” watermark on the verso (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland). Literature: TIME, 8 January 1973, p. 38; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, December 1973, pp. 298–299; Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, p. 133; A Man on the Moon: lunar explorers, Chaikin, pp. 272–73; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pp.208–09. A magnificent frame of the panoramic sequence taken at station 6 by Eugene Cernan upslope from Tracy’s Rock. Station 6 was located on the south slope of the North Massif, 50 m above the floor of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow. The large split boulder located at this station was named the station 6 boulder or Split Rock or Tracy’s Rock, in honor of Eugene Cernan’s daughter, who was nine years old at the time of the mission. The boulder was so big that the astronauts could see it from lunar orbit. Schmitt carries the gnomon after sampling and collecting fragments of the rock. The East Massif (left) and Bear Mountain (right) form the skyline in the background. “A panorama of lunar history is captured in this view looking south over the Valley of Taurus-Littrow. A huge fragmented boulder had rolled almost a mile down the side of the North Massif to here, Station 6 on our traverse. Our LM and its light area of surface alteration can be seen on the photo about an inch to the right of the top point of the boulder. That’s me at the left. Note the marks of my sampling scoop on the debris resting on a slanting surface of the boulder at left.” Harrison Schmitt (NASA SP-350, pp. 284–285). From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken (at T+165:34:53 after launch): 165:33:38 Cernan: I just got to get a place I can get a pan from. Right here. Right in this little hole. (Pause) (Gesturing) Okay, now I left the gnomon down there. 165:33:50 Schmitt: Okay. I’ll have to go get it. (Pause) I think we’ll set up right here near the Rover. [...] 165:34:53 Cernan: Oh, and there’s Challenger! Holy Smoley! You know, Jack, when we finish with Station 8, we will have covered this whole valley from corner to corner! 165:35:18 Schmitt: That was the idea. Condition Glossy print in excellent condition. Preview In Lyngby Auction Space, 15 November 2023 Category Photos ▸ Vintage photographs Selling 15 November at 6:56 pm Estimate 8,000–10,000 DKK
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