Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - ORIGINAL VINTAGE 'RED-NUMBERED' NASA PHOTOGRAPH -Footprint, shadows, rocks and gnomon instrument - fascinating EVA close-up view of the rugged surface of the Moon by Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan, December 1972.Vintage NASA chromogenic print on fibre-based double-weight Kodak paper, RED NUMBERED NASA AS-17-146-22420 in upper margin, with A KODAK PAPER watermark on verso. Size: (including margins) 25.4 x 20.5cm (10 x 8in). Very Good condition. Age-toning to outer edge of left and lower margins. Small paper abrasion to upper right corner, well away from printed area. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, and view gallery images closely.An original vintage red-numbered NASA Apollo 17 EVA close-up photograph of the Moon's rocky surface taken by Eugene Cernan with a hand-held camera. An astronaut's footprint is seen in the upper centre of the image, and a gnomon instrument on the lower right side.Before driving back to Taurus-Littrow base for the journey back to Earth, Eugene Cernan photographed rocks and footprints left by the moonwalkers near the gnomon at station 9, the last station visited on the lunar surface at Van Serg Crater, symbolizing the last passage of humans on the Moon. "Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of an American pyramid, some idle monument to technology, but more of a Rosetta Stone, a key to unlocking dreams as yet undreamed." Eugene Cernan. key words:
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Binding: Unbound
Place of Publication: [NASA Manned Spacecraft Center]
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Illustrator: Eugene Cernan
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Numbered
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: Apollo 17
Region: Station 9, Van Serg Crater, the Moon
Publisher: NASA
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Year Printed: 1972
Original/Facsimile: Original
