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Ronald Evans

Command module pilot of Apollo 17. He orbited the Moon alone in the command module America for over three days and performed a deep-space EVA on the return journey to retrieve film cassettes.
Spaceflights
Portrait of astronaut Ronald Evans.
Born
10 Nov 1933
Died
7 Apr 1990
Spaceflights
1
Time in space
≈ 12 days

Missions

Spaceflights

Official insignia (mission patch) of Apollo 17, designed by Robert McCall, depicting Apollo (the Greek sun god) with an American eagle and the Moon.

7 December 1972

Apollo 17

NASA's final Apollo Moon landing. Cernan and Schmitt explored Taurus-Littrow for three days while Evans orbited alone; the mission returned the largest sample haul of the program.

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Timeline

Career at a glance

  1. 1933Born10 November 1933
  2. 1972Apollo 177 December 1972
  3. 1990Died7 April 1990

Programmes

Related programmes

Apollo 17Apollo 17 (December 1972) was NASA's final crewed Moon landing and remains, to date, humanity's most recent visit to the lunar surface. Commander Eugene Cernan and geologist Harrison Schmitt spent three days at Taurus-Littrow, while Ronald Evans orbited above.Open article →

Crews

Flew together

Eugene CernanCosmonaut / AstronautEugene CernanApollo 17Harrison SchmittCosmonaut / AstronautHarrison SchmittApollo 17
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