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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Command and Service Module ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
callSign America ⓘ
carriedCrew Eugene Cernan ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt ⓘ
linked to: Harrison H. Schmitt

Ronald Evans ⓘ
commandModuleName America ⓘ
commandModulePilotStayedIn lunar orbit ⓘ
commandModuleType Apollo Command Module ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewCapacity 3 ⓘ
crewEVAFromCM Ronald Evans deep-space EVA to retrieve film canisters ⓘ
crewPosition Eugene Cernan – Commander (overall mission, primarily in Lunar Module) ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt – Lunar Module Pilot ⓘ
Ronald Evans – Command Module Pilot ⓘ
dockedWith Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger ⓘ
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 ⓘ
manufacturer North American Rockwell ⓘ
mission Apollo 17 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Moon ⓘ
partOf Apollo 17 ⓘ
powerSource fuel cells ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
recoveredBy USS Ticonderoga ⓘ
recoveryLocation Pacific Ocean ⓘ
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 ⓘ
servicePropulsionSystem AJ10-137 engine ⓘ
spacecraftMassClass about 30 metric tons (CSM combined, approximate) ⓘ

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Harrison H. Schmitt → wasOnBoard → Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America ⓘ
America → missionNumber → Apollo 17 CSM ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
Ronald E. Evans → spacecraft → Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America ⓘ
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger → separatedFrom → Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America ⓘ
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger → rejoinedWith → Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America ⓘ