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( 11 December 1972 ) Astronaut Eugene A Cernan , commander , makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle ( LRV ) during the early part of the first Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity ( EVA 1 ) at the Taurus Littrow landing site This view of the " stripped down " LRV is prior to loading up Equipment later loaded onto the LRV included the ground controlled television assembly , the lunar communications relay unit , hi gain antenna , low gain antenna , aft tool pallet , lunar tools and scientific gear This photograph was taken by scientist astronaut Harrison H Schmitt , lunar module pilot The mountain in the right background is the east end of South Massif While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module ( LM ) " Challenger " to explore the Moon , astronaut Ronald E Evans , command module pilot , remained with the Command and Service Modules ( CSM ) " America " in lunar orbit ? |