Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
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Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America was the spacecraft that carried the crew of NASA’s final Apollo lunar mission to and from the Moon in December 1972.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 17 CSM | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo Command and Service Module
ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| callSign | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedCrew |
Eugene Cernan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModuleName | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModulePilotStayedIn | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| commandModuleType | Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| crewEVAFromCM | Ronald Evans deep-space EVA to retrieve film canisters ⓘ |
| crewPosition |
Eugene Cernan – Commander (overall mission, primarily in Lunar Module)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt – Lunar Module Pilot ⓘ Ronald Evans – Command Module Pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalApolloLunarMission | true ⓘ |
| heatShieldFunction | protected crew during atmospheric reentry ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-12-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | North American Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 12 days ⓘ |
| missionEndEvent | splashdown in Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| missionNotableFor |
last Saturn V crewed launch
ⓘ
last crewed Apollo lunar landing mission ⓘ |
| missionRole |
return crew from lunar orbit to Earth
ⓘ
transport crew to lunar orbit ⓘ |
| missionStartEvent | launch from Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar landing support ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbited |
Earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | fuel cells ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | USS Ticonderoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryLocation | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 1972-12-19 ⓘ |
| returnedComponent | Command Module only; Service Module jettisoned before reentry ⓘ |
| returnedToEarth | with lunar samples and crew ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Saturn V S-IVB stage after translunar injection ⓘ |
| serviceModuleType | Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePropulsionSystem | AJ10-137 engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftMassClass | about 30 metric tons (CSM combined, approximate) ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollo 17 CSM