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