Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger

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Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger was the lunar lander used in NASA’s final Apollo moon-landing mission in 1972, carrying astronauts to the Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Lunar Module
lunar lander
spacecraft
ascentStageFunction returned astronauts from lunar surface to lunar orbit
associatedLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
callsign Challenger
carriedAstronaut Eugene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt
linked to: Harrison H. Schmitt
carriedEquipment ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
Lunar Roving Vehicle
scientific instruments
commandedBy Eugene Cernan
countryOfOrigin United States
crewSize 2
descentStageFunction provided landing propulsion and landing platform
destination Moon
evaCount 3
fate ascent stage impacted Moon after mission
descent stage left on lunar surface
landingBody Moon
landingSite Taurus–Littrow valley
launchDate 1972-12-07
launchVehicle Saturn V
launchYear 1972
lunarLandingDate 1972-12-11
lunarLiftoffDate 1972-12-14
lunarModulePilot Harrison Schmitt
linked to: Harrison H. Schmitt
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
linked to: Grumman
massAtLunarLanding approximately 15,000 kg
mission Apollo 17
missionEndDate 1972-12-19
missionNumberInProgram sixth successful crewed lunar landing
missionType crewed lunar landing
scientific exploration
notableAs lunar module of the last Apollo Moon landing mission
operator NASA
partOf Apollo 17 spacecraft stack
poweredBy ascent propulsion system
descent propulsion system
primaryScienceGoals geology of Taurus–Littrow valley
sampling of highland and volcanic materials
program Apollo program
rejoinedWith Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
separatedFrom Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
surfaceStayDuration about 75 hours on lunar surface
totalSurfaceEVAHours about 22 hours
usedIn collection of lunar rock and soil samples
deployment of surface experiments

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Harrison H. Schmitt wasOnBoard Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger
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Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America dockedWith Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger partOf Apollo 17 spacecraft stack
linked to: Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger