Official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photograph (AS17-147-22526) of Commander Gene Cernan making a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The reverse bears “A Kodak Paper” watermarks. In very fine condition.
Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Sandy Clarkson, who attests that this photograph originates from the collection of Dr. Paul W. Gast, an American geochemist and geologist (1930-1973) who led geoscience management of the Manned Spacecraft Center in preparation for Apollo mission sample returns from the Moon. He served as chief scientist of the Apollo Lunar Science Staff and was a member of the science consultant group known unofficially as the 'Four Horsemen,' along with Jim Arnold, Bob Walker, and Gerry Wasserburg.
