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 NERFINISHED
callsign Challenger NERFINISHED
carriedAstronaut Eugene Cernan NERFINISHED
Harrison Schmitt NERFINISHED
carriedEquipment ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) NERFINISHED
Lunar Roving Vehicle NERFINISHED
scientific instruments
commandedBy Eugene Cernan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 2
descentStageFunction provided landing propulsion and landing platform
destination Moon NERFINISHED
evaCount 3
fate ascent stage impacted Moon after mission
descent stage left on lunar surface
landingBody Moon NERFINISHED
landingSite Taurus–Littrow valley NERFINISHED
launchDate 1972-12-07
launchVehicle Saturn V NERFINISHED
launchYear 1972
lunarLandingDate 1972-12-11
lunarLiftoffDate 1972-12-14
lunarModulePilot Harrison Schmitt NERFINISHED
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation NERFINISHED
massAtLunarLanding approximately 15,000 kg
mission Apollo 17 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
poweredBy ascent propulsion system
descent propulsion system
primaryScienceGoals geology of Taurus–Littrow valley
sampling of highland and volcanic materials
program Apollo program NERFINISHED
rejoinedWith Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America NERFINISHED
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