| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
72-H-1538
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| Date : |
12/13/1972
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Title
Spiro Agnew Congratulates Launch Control After Launch of Apollo 17
Full Description
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew congratulates launch team personnel,
in firing room #1 of launch control minutes after the successful
launch of Apollo 17 from Complex 39-A at 12:33 am EST, December 7,
1972, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and
Harrison H. Schmitt aboard. Apollo 17, NASA's sixth and final
manned lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, landed within
200 feet of the targeted point in the Taurus-Littrow landing site on
the lunar surface at 2:55 pm EST on December 11, 1972.
Keywords
Apollo 17 Kennedy Space Center KSC Spiro Agnew Launch Control
Subject Category
Apollo 17, VIPs-People at NASA-NACA
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
72-H-1538
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000058
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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55 |
8 |
Small |
JPEG |
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391 |
180 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1421 |
916 |
1,003 |
Large |
JPEG |
2841 |
1832 |
5,924 |
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