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Ronald Evans
 
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Ronald Evans |
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Born on: |
10 Nov 1933 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Died 7 Apr 1990 |
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Spaceflight |
Position |
Date |
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Apollo 17 |
CMP |
07.12. - 19.12.1972 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Ronald Evans was one of the
19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as
a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7
and Apollo 11 flights and as backup command module pilot
for Apollo 14.
On his first journey into space, Ronald Evans occupied the
command module pilot seat for Apollo 17 which commenced at
11:33 p.m. (CST), December 6, 1972, and concluded on
December 19, 1972-the last scheduled manned mission to the
moon for the United States. He was accompanied on this
voyage of the command module "America" and the lunar
module "Challenger" by Eugene Cernan, spacecraft
commander, and Harrison Schmitt (lunar module pilot).
While Cernan and Schmitt completed their explorations of
the Taurus-Littrow landing area down on the lunar surface,
Evans maintained a solo vigil in lunar orbit aboard the "America",
completing assigned work tasks which required visual
geological observations, hand-held photography of specific
targets, and the control of cameras and other highly
sophisticated scientific equipment carried in the command
module SIM-bay. Evans later completed a 1-hour, 6-minute
extravehicular activity during the transearth coast phase
of the return flight, successfully retrieving three camera
cassettes and completing a personal inspection of the
equipment bay area. This last mission to the moon for the
United States broke several records set by previous
flights which include: longest manned lunar landing flight,
3 01 hours, 51 minutes; longest lunar surface
extravehicular activities, 22 hours, 4 minutes; largest
lunar sample return, an estimated 115 kg, 249 lbs.; and
longest time in lunar orbit, 147 hours, 48 minutes. Apollo
17 ended with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
approximately 0.4 mile from the target point and 4.3 miles
from the prime recovery ship, the USS TICONDEROGA.
Completing his first space flight, Ronald Evans logged 301
hours, 51 minutes in space-1 hour, 6 minutes of which were
spent in extravehicular activity. He holds the record of
more time in lunar orbit than anyone else in the world.
Evans was backup command module pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project (ASTP) mission. This joint United
States-Soviet Union earth-orbital mission, launched
successfully in July 1975, was designed to test equipment
and techniques that would establish an international crew
rescue capability in space, as well as permit future
cooperative scientific missions.
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