447. [Apollo 17] RONALD EVANS PERFORMING HUMANITY'S FINAL DEEP SPACE SPACEWALK, FARTHEST FROM ANY PLANETARY BODY Harrison Schmitt, 7-19 December 1972 Printed 1972. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS17-152-23367]. With "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse, numbered "NASA AS17-152-23367" in red in the top margin (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas). 25.4 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.) Historical context A final spacewalk beyond the Moon. A rare and unreleased photograph of humanity's last deep-space EVA, performed by Ronald Evans at the greatest distance from any planetary body—adrift in the cold, infinite void. Captured by Harrison Schmitt from the open hatch of the Command Module America, this historic image immortalizes the last extravehicular activity of the Apollo program. At the time, the spacecraft was approximately 180,000 miles from Earth, en route home from the Moon. All subsequent manned spacewalks took place in low-Earth orbit, making this moment truly unique. "Adrift between the Earth and the Moon, Ron Evans retrieved the film canister of the mapping cameras on the day after Apollo 17 left lunar orbit. His spacewalk lasted an hour. Evan's oxygen was fed from the spacecraft through the umbilical hose, with an emergency supply on his back. I was in the open hatch to help in retrieval, which was necessary because the Service Module would be jettisoned before we re-entered the Earth's atmosphere." —Harrison Schmitt (NASA SP-250, p. 280)