Ronald Evans (astronaut)
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Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one o
Evans in 1971
VF-142 group photo from the USS Ranger 1959 Western Pacific cruise. Evans is in the back row, fourth from the left.
An F8U Crusader is launched from the USS Ticonderoga in July 1965.
The USS Ticonderoga recovers the Apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
Apollo 17
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Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Sch
Gene Cernan salutes the U.S. flag, with the Apollo Lunar Module Challenger and Lunar Roving Vehicle in the background
Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), EvansApollo program← Apollo 16Apollo 18 (canceled) →
Apollo 17 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
Landing site and surrounding area, as imaged from the Apollo 17 command module, 1972