Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Apollo 17 lander and flag!

Apollo 17 lander and flag!
Apollo 17 lander and flag! An image of the Apollo 17 lander, Challenger, captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on October 1, 2009, includes not only the lander and astronaut tracks but also a fuzzy dark pixel at the location of the American flag erected there by astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan. NASA / GSFC / ASU