Right after leaving Earth, Apollo 17’s Command and Service Module America flipped around to dock with the Lunar Module Challenger inside the Saturn upper stage. This sequence shows that approach and capture, the first step toward the last Apollo landing. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve

Apollo 17 command module pilot Ron Evans leaving the spacecraft during the return journey from the Moon to retrieve film canisters from the Scientific Instrument Module. It remains the only spacewalk conducted in deep space. Original film source: Apollo Flight Journal. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #SpaceHistory #NASA | SpaceEve

On this day 1972 - This pan was captured by the Apollo 17 Crew soon after landing, the right side from Schmitt's window and the left from Cernan's window, all of the frames were then stitched together by Mike Constantine to form a single pan. In this video the mission audio has been added when Cernan and Schmitt got their first look outside the windows #apollo11 #apollo8 #apollo12 #apollo13 #apollo14 #apollo15 #apollo16 #apollo17 #apollo50 #apollo50th #apollophotos #projectapollo #apolloprogram