Throwback Thursday: Driving the Lunar Rover Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 mission commander, makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This view of the "stripped down" Rover is prior to load up. This photograph was taken by Geologist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module pilot. The mountain in the right background is the East end of South Massif. Image credit: NASA #TBT #NASA #History #Apollo17 #Moon #1972 #space #Throwbackthursday