# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2014-11-06T21:23:42.000+00:00
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## Caption

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

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