1978 NASA Lithograph "Cernan Salutes Flag at Apollo 17 Landing Site"
1978 NASA Lithograph "Cernan Salutes Flag at Apollo 17 Landing Site" is a vintage Lithographs / Prints artifact by NASA / U.S. Government Printing Office from 1978, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.
Category: Lithographs / Prints
Brand: NASA / U.S. Government Printing Office
Year: 1978
Rarity Class: C
Captured by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt during the final Apollo lunar mission, this striking image of Commander Eugene Cernan saluting the American flag serves as a quintessential visual record of the twentieth-century space race. Printed in 1978 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, this official NASA lithograph preserves the stark, high-contrast beauty of the Taurus-Littrow landing site for public distribution and institutional memory.
Quick Read
Mission: Apollo 17 (December 1972), the final lunar landing of the Apollo program. Subjects: Commander Eugene A. Cernan saluting the U.S. flag; the Lunar Roving Vehicle; the South Massif mountain. Photographer: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot). Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, printed in 1978 (six years post-mission). Authenticity Marker: The image fea
Summary
Captured by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt during the final Apollo lunar mission, this striking image of Commander Eugene Cernan saluting the American flag serves as a quintessential visual record of the twentieth-century space race. Printed in 1978 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, this official NASA lithograph preserves the stark, high-contrast beauty of the Taurus-Littrow landing si
