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SorellaLaBefana

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Sat Dec 6, 2025, 08:44 AM Yesterday

Last Lunar Walkabout December 1972 [View all]

... Fifty three years ago, in December of 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 75 hours on the Moon exploring the Taurus-Littrow valley, while colleague Ronald Evans orbited overhead. This snapshot from another world was taken by Cernan as he and Schmitt roamed the lunar valley's floor...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251206.html
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end ...
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Last Lunar Walkabout December 1972 [View all] SorellaLaBefana Yesterday OP
I see no evidence of cheese. Sad this era is over. chicoescuela Yesterday #1
Gene Cernan's moonwalk..... lastlib Yesterday #2
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