[APOLLO 17] A VIEW OF CSM AMERICA TAKEN FROM LM CHALLENGER. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 14 DECEMBER 1972.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 17] 

A VIEW OF CSM AMERICA TAKEN FROM LM CHALLENGER. 14 DECEMBER 1972.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark, press captions printed in purple to verso. NASA image ID “NASA AS17-145-22254” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning.

A striking view of CSM America, photographed from LM Challenger, during rendezvous and docking maneuvers in lunar orbit. The LM ascent stage, with Commander Gene Cernan and LMP Harrison Schmitt aboard, had just returned from the Taurus-Littrow landing site.