The inscription on the Apollo 17 memorial board left on the moon reads: Man has completed his first exploration of the moon. 1972 65438+ February. May the spirit of peace we bring be with all mankind. (Signature: Cernan, Evans, Schmidt, Richard Nixon).
Because of his Czechoslovakian ancestry, Commander eugene cernan left a Czechoslovakian flag on the moon.
In the original plan, Schmidt will carry out Apollo 18. After the cancellation of Apollo 18, under the pressure of the scientific community, Schmidt was chosen to implement Apollo 17 instead of Joseph Engel.
Apollo 17 created many records in the Apollo program, including the longest flight to the moon; Walking on the moon takes the longest time; Apollo 17 collected the largest number of lunar specimens and spent the longest time in lunar orbit.
"ah! When you see an earth, you see everything. " -Jack Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot.
"We were here when we left the Moon Valley of Taolas-Park Yung-Su Luoshan, and now we are going to leave here; If circumstances permit, we will come back here with the peace and hope of all mankind. When I leave the moon, I want to say that America's challenge to space today will shape the destiny of mankind tomorrow. May god be with Apollo 17. " -eugene cernan, commander of Apollo 17. So far, the last man on the moon, 1972 12 14.
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Eugene Andrew Cernan
Eugene cernan was born in March 1934. He is an astronaut of NASA. He has carried out three space missions: Gemini 9a (1June 1966), Apollo 10 lunar module pilot (1May 1969) and Apollo 17 commander (1June 1972). Since Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon so far, Cernan became the last person to leave footprints on the moon. He is also a substitute for Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14. 1976, Cernan retired from the space agency and started his own business as a university.
Ronald Irwin Evans II
1933 165438+ was born in 10/0.
1956 obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas.
Received a master's degree in aviation engineering from the Naval Graduate School.
1June, 957, Evans completed flight training and was promoted to second lieutenant.
1966 became one of the astronauts selected by NASA in April.
1972 65438+On February 7th, he carried out the Apollo 17 mission with Jack Schmitt and eugene cernan and returned to Earth safely.
1April 30, 976, after serving for 2 1 year, Evans retired from the navy, stayed at NASA, participated in the development of the space shuttle project, and worked in the astronaut arrangement and training office.
1977 In March, Evans retired from NASA and worked as a manager in a coal enterprise.
1On April 7th, 990, Evans died of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jack Schmitt
Jack Schmitt 1935 was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, USA on July 3rd.
1957 graduated from the science department of California Institute of Technology, and then studied geology at the University of Oslo, Norway for one year.
1964 received a doctorate in geology from Harvard University.
Before/kloc-0 was selected as the first batch of scientist astronauts by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in June, 1965, Schmidt worked in the Space Geology Center of the US Geological Survey in flug, Arizona, and studied the geological exploration skills that Apollo astronauts could use.
1970 In March, Schmidt became the first scientist astronaut to get the task.
197 1 In August, Schmidt was selected to carry out the Apollo 17 mission.
1972 65438+February 7, Apollo 17, safely return to earth.
1In August, 975, Schmidt resigned from NASA and ran for the Senate of New Mexico. And win.
Schmidt was defeated by Jeff Bingemann when seeking re-election in 1982.
1984, Schmidt won the Penrose Geology Prize for his contribution to earth science.