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An excellent view of the Apollo 17
Command and Service Modules
(CSM) photographed from the Lunar
Module (LM) "Challenger" during
rendezvous and docking maneuvers
in lunar orbit.
The LM ascent stage,
with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan
and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, had
just returned from the Taurus-Littrow
landing site on the lunar surface.
Astronaut Ronald E. Evans remained
with the CSM in lunar orbit.
Note the
exposed Scientific Instrument Module
(SIM) Bay in Sector 1 of the Service
Module (SM). Three experiments are
carried in the SIM bay: S-209 lunar
sounder, S-171 infrared scanning
spectrometer, and the S-169 farultraviolet
spectrometer.
Also
mounted in the SIM bay are the
panoramic camera, mapping camera
and laser altimeter used in service
module photographic tasks. A portion
of the LM is on the right.
Date: December 14, 1972
Credit: NASA
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