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Apollo 17 landing from PDI to Touchdown
An annotated portrayal of the Apollo 17 landing on the Moon with captions to explain the various stages of the descent. This is part of the Apollo Flight Journal, Apollo 17 collection.
Apollo 17 Onboard Videos
Apollo 17 - 16-mm magazine 1341-AA
00:26 (12 fps) Pan across full Earth disc during translunar coast: South Atlantic Ocean, southeast coast of Africa, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. 00:37 (12 fps) Pan continues from Earth view to LM in S-IVB; debris drifting from spacecraft. 02:04 Soft dock (GET 4:10). 02:10 Hard dock. 02:42 (6 fps) S-IVB after separation scan to view across one side of LM; S-IVB and LM quad. 03:15 (6 fps) Earth disc; equatorial Africa to Antarctica (south at top).
This video is presented at 24 frames per second, regardless of the original shooting speed. Where indicated, the image has been flipped to counter the fact that it was shot into a mirror.
00:24 (24 fps) Sunlight on CM window, Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay door jettison (GET 84:13]. 00:56 (6 fps) Sextant photography; TLC view of gibbous Earth (north at top). 01:08 (1 fps) Sextant photography: view of landmark RP-3 (selenodetic reference point 3.2°S, 131.6°E) REV 13. 01:28 (1 fps) Sextant photography: view of landmark 17-1, Apollo 17 landing site (20.2°N, 30.8°E}, REV 13. (1 fps) Sextant photography: west of Apollo 17 landing site (l9.7°N, 29.2°E) REV 15. (1 fps) Sextant photography: west of landmark F-1, Smyth's Sea. (2.0°N, 87.5°E) REV 50. (1 fps) Sextant photography: landmark F-1, Smyth's Sea (2.1°N, 88.3°E) REV 50. 01:43 (1 fps) Sextant photography: Apollo 17 landing site. Landmark 17-1, (20.2°N, 30.8°E}, REV 50. 01:48 (1 fps) Sextant photography: scan W of landing site, from 20.2°N, 30.4°E to the edge of Mare Serenitatis (20.4°N, 28.8°E). REV 50. (1 fps) Sextant photography: miscellaneous views starting SE of the Crater Bessel in the Mare Serenitatis (approx. 19.6°N, 24.0°E) and ending at Crater Bessel (21.7°N, 18.1°E), REV 50. (1 fps) Sextant photography: miscellaneous views including Crater Bessel E (l9.4°N, l5.4°E) westward to Sulpicius Gallus Rilles (approx. 20.0°N, l0.8°E); area of orange-hued soil; REV 50. 02:01 (6 fps) Rendezvous, LM viewed from CM; near vertical strip (from 3.2°S, 97.0°E to 8.5°N, 70,0°E) over Purkyne, Mare Smythii, Schubert, Condorcet F, Condorcet P. REV 52.
This video is presented at 24 frames per second, regardless of the original shooting speed. Where indicated, the image has been flipped to counter the fact that it was shot into a mirror.
00:23 (12 fps) Undocking, LM viewed from CM; REV 12. 02:22 (6 fps) Earth crescent, north at top; trans-Earth coast. 02:45 (6 fps) Lunar disc (full), north at bottom; Mare Crisium, Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Serenitatis; change settings. 02:59 (6 fps) Earth crescent through sextant, scan along terminator (N—S). 03:08 (6 fps) Lunar disc through sextant, north at top; east of Mare Crisium to Oceanus Procellarum. 03:23 (6 fps) Earth crescent through sextant; scan terminator, Scan S-N, N—S, S-N, TEC.
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00:24 (12 fps) LM ascent stage jettison, REV 54. 02:35 (12 fps) Southeastern quarter of Moon. (South at top); scan northward, Mare Australe, Mare Smythii, Mare Marginis, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Crisium; change settings. TEC.
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00:23 (12 fps) LM descent to lunar surface: high gate (P64 pitchover) to touchdown, from right (LMP) window, (GET 112:55) REV 13.
This video is presented at 24 frames per second, regardless of the original shooting speed. For a version of this film which has its orientation rectified and its speed matched with air-ground audio, see Apollo 17 landing from PDI to Touchdown.
00:12 (6 fps) CMP EVA to retrieve film canisters from SIM bay cameras.
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00:31 (12 fps) Command Module entry into Earth‘s atmosphere. 02:19 (12 fps) Forward heat shield (apex cover) jettison. 02:21 (12 fps) Drogue parachute deployment. 02:46 (12 fps) Main parachute deployment.
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00:23 (1 fps) Heat flow experiment in CM during TLC: radial and lineal tests, flow pattern, high and low heat test.
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00:24 (6 fps) Schmitt in LM during translunar coast. 01:12 (6 fps) View to tunnel and Evans. 01:26 (6 fps) Pan around LM interior. 01:45 (6 fps) Cernan in LEB and pan around CM. 02:10 (6 fps) Evans in LEB. 02:20 (6 fps) View to LEB with Evans and Schmitt. 02:43 (6 fps) Cernan throwing food to Evans to catch in his mouth. 02:46 (6 fps) View to LEB with Cernan and Evans. 03:07 (6 fps) View to LEB with Cernan and Schmitt. 03:14 (6 fps) View to LEB with Cernan and Schmitt, then pan around to Evans near MDC. Move in to Evans' mission patch. 03:47 (6 fps) Cernan displaying his mission patch then pan across to Schmitt's mission patch.
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00:26 (12 fps) Post undocking. CSM and lunar surface viewed from LM: Strip begins east oblique panning to vertical (from approx. 4°S, 134°E to 5°N, 108.5°E. Includes craters Ten Bruggencate, Prager, Becvar, Abul Wafa and Firsov. REV 12. 02:03 (12 fps) CSM and lunar surface viewed from LM. West oblique view over Apollo 17 landing site. REV 12.
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00:25 (6 fps) LM on lunar surface, view from right side (LMP) window. CDR on lunar surface; surface familiarisation; activity around Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA).
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00:24 (12 fps) LM shadow and jettisoned equipment bags on lunar surface. 00:34 (12 fps) LM ascent stage shadow, LM descent stage, ALSEP, LRV and tracks at landing site. Lincoln scarp, North Massif Family Mountain, westward into Mare Serenitatis. Sequence ends SW of Le Monnier C (25.8°E, 21.5°N), CM REV 51. 03:32 (12 fps) LM Intravehicular activity.
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