[Apollo 17] The last man in deep outer space: Ronald Evans performing humankind’s last deep space spacewalk, at the greatest distance from any planetary body. Harrison Schmitt, 7–19 December 1972. Printed 1972. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS17–152-23361]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×7.9 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17–152-23361” in red in top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). A very rare unpublished photograph of humankind’s last deep space spacewalk, performed by Ronald Evans at the greatest distance from any planetary body, drifted alone in the cold and infinite expanse. The CSM America was approximately 180,000 miles from Earth during the homeward journey when Harrison Schmitt captured this photograph of the last EVA of the Apollo program from the open hatch of the Command Module. Evans is holding a handrail on the Service Module, and his body is extended over the open SIM (Scientific Instrument Module) bay. All subsequent manned space missions and EVAs occurred in Earth orbit. “Adrift between the Earth and the Moon, Ron Evans retrieved the film canister of the mapping cameras on the day after Apollo 17 left lunar orbit. His spacewalk lasted an hour. Evan’s oxygen was fed from the spacecraft through the umbilical hose, with an emergency supply on his back. I was in the open hatch to help in retrieval, which was necessary because the Service Module would be jettisoned before we reentered the Earth’s atmosphere.” Harrison Schmitt (NASA SP-250, p. 280).
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[Apollo 17] The last man in deep outer space: Ronald Evans performing humankind’s last deep space spacewalk, at the greatest distance from any planetary body. Harrison Schmitt, 7–19 December 1972. Printed 1972. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS17–152-23361]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×7.9 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17–152-23361” in red in top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). A very rare unpublished photograph of humankind’s last deep space spacewalk, performed by Ronald Evans at the greatest distance from any planetary body, drifted alone in the cold and infinite expanse. The CSM America was approximately 180,000 miles from Earth during the homeward journey when Harrison Schmitt captured this photograph of the last EVA of the Apollo program from the open hatch of the Command Module. Evans is holding a handrail on the Service Module, and his body is extended over the open SIM (Scientific Instrument Module) bay. All subsequent manned space missions and EVAs occurred in Earth orbit. “Adrift between the Earth and the Moon, Ron Evans retrieved the film canister of the mapping cameras on the day after Apollo 17 left lunar orbit. His spacewalk lasted an hour. Evan’s oxygen was fed from the spacecraft through the umbilical hose, with an emergency supply on his back. I was in the open hatch to help in retrieval, which was necessary because the Service Module would be jettisoned before we reentered the Earth’s atmosphere.” Harrison Schmitt (NASA SP-250, p. 280).
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