Eugene Cernan12 December 1972
Begins Apollo 17's first lunar surface excursion and starts exploration of the Taurus-Littrow valley.
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Begins Apollo 17's first lunar surface excursion and starts exploration of the Taurus-Littrow valley.
Begins lunar field geology with Cernan during Apollo 17's first surface excursion.
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