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Object details:

Object Name: Plaque, Lunar Module, Apollo 17
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19751405000

	Object Name
	Plaque, Lunar Module, Apollo 17

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d9f4d48a-6c22-493b-8cfe-6f25f4fcb92b

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

	Materials
	Stainless Steel, Paint

	Dimensions
	3-D: 18.7 x 6 x 19.4cm (7 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

	Summary
	This plaque is a replica of the one left on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 17, who landed on the lunar surface on December 11, 1972. While command module pilot Ronald Evans orbited the Moon, astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan landed at Taurus-Littrow performing EVAs that included driving the Lunar Roving Vehicle and deploying experiments. Because the design of the lunar module (LM) left the base of the spacecraft on the Moon after the upper stage launched back to rendezvous with the command module (CM), the plaque attached to a leg of the LM became a permanent marker on the lunar surface. Because Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon, the base of the Apollo 17's LM "Challenger" became the sixth and final such marker on the lunar surface.

	Summary
	NASA transferred this plaque to the Museum in 1975.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from NASA

	Inventory Number
	A19751405000

	Type
	SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Special/Commemorative

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