{"id":3982,"date":"2020-11-22T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/?page_id=3982"},"modified":"2021-04-09T02:53:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T06:53:15","slug":"chapter-12-pages-of-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmackellar.com\/blog\/1-apollo-17-diary-of-the-12th-man\/b-chapters-10-18\/chapter-12-pages-of-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 12 – Pages of History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Section 1:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> EVA-3: Wake up; breakfast; suiting up; opening the front door; calibrating LRV NAV system; traverse to Station 6 via Turning Point Rock; field work at Station 6; traverse to Station 7.<\/p>\n

Day 8 \u2013 Third Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

EVA-3 Wake Up and Preparation<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

EVA-3 Begins<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Operations at the SEP Transmitter<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Traverse to Station 6<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Turning Point Rock<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Approaching the Station 6 Split-Boulder<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Station 6 \u2013 The North Massif<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Traverse to Station 7<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Section 2:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Extensive field work around the Station 7 boulder; traverse to Station 8, passing the two large a<\/strong>,b<\/strong> boulders photographed from Station 6; Extensive ops around Station 8.<\/p>\n

Station 7 – The North Massif<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Traverse to Station 8<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Station 8 – The Sculptured Hills<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Section 3:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Distinguishing between SWP<\/em> and Bowen<\/em> craters on the traverse to Station 9 at Van Serg Crater<\/em>; surveying the breccia of the Van Serg<\/em> ejecta blanket; taking three panoramas of the site; the long traverse to Challenger<\/em>; investigating Gatsby<\/em>, Sherlock<\/em> and San Luis Rey<\/em> Craters; ending the last lunar EVA; documenting the ALSEP site; the Olympic-style hammer throw.<\/p>\n

Traverse to Station 9<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Station 9 – Van Serg Crater<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Traverse to Challenger<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gatsby, Sherlock, and San Luis Rey Craters<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ending the Last Lunar EVA<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 by Harrison H. Schmitt, 2020, 2021 All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section 1: EVA-3: Wake up; breakfast; suiting up; opening the front door; calibrating LRV NAV system; traverse to Station 6 via Turning Point Rock; field work at Station 6; traverse to Station 7. Day 8 \u2013 Third Extravehicular Activity (EVA-3) Introduction EVA-3 Wake Up and Preparation EVA-3 Begins Operations at the SEP Transmitter Traverse to … <\/p>\n

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