a17_v_bw_o_n (72H-1582, 72HC-932, AS17-137-20979)
Picture of the replacement fender taken at about 143:46:34 by Gene Cernan, just before driving off from Station 2. Jack Schmitt is already seated. The dust-coated - originally-blue Traverse Gravimeter is mounted on the back of the Rover just above the replacement fender. Gene took this photo, in part, to document its condition after the 9.1 kilometer drive out from the LM and, in part, to document his handiwork. At the end of EVA-3 Gene decided to bring the fender back to Earth and, as of the late 1990s, it was still on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. Ron Creel has provided a summary:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_Fender_Extensions.pdf
of the fender extension losses that occurred on all three Rover missions.
Per usual, the above is all ALSJ.
Also, while here...might as well have something on the Traverse Gravimeter Experiment, right?:
a17_v_bw_o_n (72H-1582, 72HC-932, AS17-137-20979)
Picture of the replacement fender taken at about 143:46:34 by Gene Cernan, just before driving off from Station 2. Jack Schmitt is already seated. The dust-coated - originally-blue Traverse Gravimeter is mounted on the back of the Rover just above the replacement fender. Gene took this photo, in part, to document its condition after the 9.1 kilometer drive out from the LM and, in part, to document his handiwork. At the end of EVA-3 Gene decided to bring the fender back to Earth and, as of the late 1990s, it was still on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. Ron Creel has provided a summary:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_Fender_Extensions.pdf
of the fender extension losses that occurred on all three Rover missions.
Per usual, the above is all ALSJ.
Also, while here...might as well have something on the Traverse Gravimeter Experiment, right?: