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Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during Apollo 17, with the Earth visible in the background.

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DescriptionAS17-134-20384 (21492224000).jpg	English: Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3 English: AS17-134-20384 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. Deutsch: Während des ersten Außenbordaktivität der Apollo 17, fotografierte Eugene Cernan Harrison Hagan Schmitt mit der Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten und der Erde im Hintergrund. Das an der Brust befestigte RCU und die Kamerahalterung sind deutlich sichtbar.
Date	12 December 1972, 16:11
Source	AS17-134-20384 NASA Image and Video Library
Author	Project Apollo Archive
Other versions	Apollo 17 Astronaut Cernan Adjusts U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface (5052744448).jpg Schmitt with Flag and Earth Above - GPN-2000-001137.jpg Schmitt with Flag and Earth Above - GPN-2000-001137.jpg Schmitt with Flag and Earth Above (3747528256).jpg Astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth (Apollo 17 EVA-1).jpg

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