Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. Since the moment Commander Eugene Cernan (visible in the reflection of Schmitt’s visor) snapped this photo, no human being has returned to the lunar surface.
Details You Might Miss:
* The Dirt: Look how dirty Schmitt’s suit is. Lunar dust is razor-sharp and sticks to everything.
* The Man: Schmitt was unique. He wasn’t a fighter pilot; he was a geologist, Schmitt played a key role in studying lunar formations and collecting samples that reshaped our understanding of the Moon’s volcanic history.[Courtesy to NASA photos and r/ArchiveOfHumanity ]
No-Fortune9801 on
He wins the selfie challenge!
sloppybuttmustard on
This is one of the coolest pics ever. Really makes you realize how tiny and insignificant we are.
LittleKitty235 on
The helmet design looks different than I’ve seen before. Did they all have those sun visors or was that added for the later missions?
ToeSniffer245 on
My favorite lunar EVA pic by far
BigGaggy222 on
You must feel a very long way from home looking up at that, props the courage of these men.
0biwanCannoli on
Where can we get prints of this photo?
WangDanglin on
Damn I guess I didn’t realize the earth would look so small from the moon.
IThatOnePianist on
Damn this really shows the size of the universe, to think all of our history is centred on that one blue planet, and he captured it.
Oh the magnificent Earth! What a trip it must be to see it way up in the sky.. and not even tho whole thing (due to the phases of Earth)
Alcoholitron on
Americans still have four humans alive who have walked on the moon. They should create a “great job buddy” award for second place.
Random_Access_Medic on
Badass, one heck of a picture
One-Earth9294 on
Huh. I like the detail that you can see the stick holding up the flag, as there is obviously no wind on the moon lol.
KentuckyWallChicken on
*That’s how far away the moon is?!*
That’s actually slightly terrifying
mglyptostroboides on
I’ve been in the same room as this guy and didn’t know it until later. 🙁
The only member of my chosen profession (geologist) to have visited another world (sensu lato).
ndab71 on
Considering that Gene Cernan’s reflection is visible in Jack Schmitt’s visor, the only person in the world (at the time) not in this picture is Ron Evans, who was orbiting the moon in the command module.
Sisiutil on
Great, I read “moon walking” and now I can’t stop imagining Schmitt in his space suit Michael Jacksoning across the lunar surface to “Billie Jean” (which, yes, didn’t come out until a decade later, but my screwy imagination doesn’t care)
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AIpheratz on
BuT wHeRE aRE tHe StARs?!!!1! /s
sicksquid75 on
Jumping up for a header. Get in that net.
Ratstail91 on
I can see my house from here!
AggravatingTiger1827 on
Always liked this picture, on of my favourites of the Moon landings.
Refreshing to enter a page on the Moon landings and not see someone claiming the ‘It never happened’ conspiracy.
Fit_Adagio_7668 on
Im not in this photo 😭 I wasn’t born yet!
Firefly_Magic on
This is a great picture. When I was a child, they tried to teach us that the flag had no structure built within it. Specifically referring to the pole/rod on the top. As kids we could clearly see this rod and knew that it had that added structure. I hated the way that the teachers would yell at us that there was no other structure, just the pole, the vertical pole. Their point, they were trying to say that the very thin atmosphere would allow the flag to stay in the flying position. While that may be true, we knew what we were seeing. This picture is a good example of showing that there is a rod on the top. I hate how schools tried to gaslight us so bad back then.
Significant-Ant-2487 on
What the astronaut program was truly all about. Not space exploration, not science, but American astronauts and the American flag in space. As the *MIT Technology Review* put it in their Apollo 50th anniversary edition, Apollo was never really about the Moon; it was about demonstrating the superiority of the American capitalist system.
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Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. Since the moment Commander Eugene Cernan (visible in the reflection of Schmitt’s visor) snapped this photo, no human being has returned to the lunar surface.
Details You Might Miss:
* The Dirt: Look how dirty Schmitt’s suit is. Lunar dust is razor-sharp and sticks to everything.
* The Man: Schmitt was unique. He wasn’t a fighter pilot; he was a geologist, Schmitt played a key role in studying lunar formations and collecting samples that reshaped our understanding of the Moon’s volcanic history.[Courtesy to NASA photos and r/ArchiveOfHumanity ]
He wins the selfie challenge!
This is one of the coolest pics ever. Really makes you realize how tiny and insignificant we are.
The helmet design looks different than I’ve seen before. Did they all have those sun visors or was that added for the later missions?
My favorite lunar EVA pic by far
You must feel a very long way from home looking up at that, props the courage of these men.
Where can we get prints of this photo?
Damn I guess I didn’t realize the earth would look so small from the moon.
Damn this really shows the size of the universe, to think all of our history is centred on that one blue planet, and he captured it.
Official image [source.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/21492224000/)
*focuses very closely on the visor*
Ok it checks out
Oh the magnificent Earth! What a trip it must be to see it way up in the sky.. and not even tho whole thing (due to the phases of Earth)
Americans still have four humans alive who have walked on the moon. They should create a “great job buddy” award for second place.
Badass, one heck of a picture
Huh. I like the detail that you can see the stick holding up the flag, as there is obviously no wind on the moon lol.
*That’s how far away the moon is?!*
That’s actually slightly terrifying
I’ve been in the same room as this guy and didn’t know it until later. 🙁
The only member of my chosen profession (geologist) to have visited another world (sensu lato).
Considering that Gene Cernan’s reflection is visible in Jack Schmitt’s visor, the only person in the world (at the time) not in this picture is Ron Evans, who was orbiting the moon in the command module.
Great, I read “moon walking” and now I can’t stop imagining Schmitt in his space suit Michael Jacksoning across the lunar surface to “Billie Jean” (which, yes, didn’t come out until a decade later, but my screwy imagination doesn’t care)
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BuT wHeRE aRE tHe StARs?!!!1! /s
Jumping up for a header. Get in that net.
I can see my house from here!
Always liked this picture, on of my favourites of the Moon landings.
Refreshing to enter a page on the Moon landings and not see someone claiming the ‘It never happened’ conspiracy.
Im not in this photo 😭 I wasn’t born yet!
This is a great picture. When I was a child, they tried to teach us that the flag had no structure built within it. Specifically referring to the pole/rod on the top. As kids we could clearly see this rod and knew that it had that added structure. I hated the way that the teachers would yell at us that there was no other structure, just the pole, the vertical pole. Their point, they were trying to say that the very thin atmosphere would allow the flag to stay in the flying position. While that may be true, we knew what we were seeing. This picture is a good example of showing that there is a rod on the top. I hate how schools tried to gaslight us so bad back then.
What the astronaut program was truly all about. Not space exploration, not science, but American astronauts and the American flag in space. As the *MIT Technology Review* put it in their Apollo 50th anniversary edition, Apollo was never really about the Moon; it was about demonstrating the superiority of the American capitalist system.