RESCUE NET
Apollo 17 command module pilot Ronald E. Evans is hoisted in a "Billy Pugh" rescue net from his command module to the rescue helicopter following Apollo 17's Pacific splashdown, December 19, 1972. The recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, awaits the arrival of the astronauts. Apollo 17 landed 648 kilometers (420 miles) Southeast of American Samoa.
"Billy Pugh" Rescue Net

APOLLO 17 ACHEIVEMENTS
  • Longest Apollo mission-301 hours 52 minutes
  • Longest single extravehicular activity (EVA) time on surface-7 ½ hours
  • Longest total EVA time on surface-22 hours
  • Greatest Lunar Rover Vehicle distance on one EVA-19 kilometers (14 miles),
    and total distance traveled-35 kilometers (25 miles)
  • First geologist astronaut on lunar surface-Harrison H. Schmitt
  • Largest number of lunar samples returned to Earth-117 kilograms (257 pounds)
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What we learned about the Moon
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