Apollo XVII was the only lunar mission with a nearly full Earth low enough on the horizon to get a shot like this. Jack Schmitt posed Cernan, the flag and Earth to get this now-famous picture. Autographed in silver ink above Cernan's backpack.

Gene Cernan sits in the lunar rover just after deployment The lunar module and rover gleam with the only color on a gray moon.

Gene Cernan can be clearly seen in the window of the LM ascent stage returning from three days on the moon. The LM will dock with the CSM, transfer its cargo of rocks and men, and then be jettisoned. Beautiful detail.

"The most spectacular launch of all time" was the night launch of Apollo 17. Gene Cernan signs an 16x20 or 8x10 of that bright night when the Saturn V embarked on the final lunar mission and lit up the Florida coast for hundreds of miles.

The CSM (command/service module) America, piloted by Ron Evans "Captain America" awaits docking with the LM at the end of the Apollo 17 lunar mission for the ride home.

Gene Cernan can be clearly seen in the This is a view out the commander's LM window just after separation. The command module America can be seen as a tiny speck just above the landing site at the lower center of the frame.

Gene Cernan test drives the LRV in a tight circle around the lander, kicking up moon dust as he turns. This photo was also used as the cover of his book Last Man on the Moon.

This shot was taken by Jack Schmitt of mission commander Gene Cernan in what Alan Bean has called his "John Wayne" pose.