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Apollo 17: Countdown and Blast-off

BBC One
on BBC One London

The last minutes of the countdown before the last manned mission to the moon lifts off from Cape Kennedy for the mountains of Taurus Littrow.

James Burke and Patrick Moore report the spectacular night launch live from the pad at Cape Kennedy.
With them Astronaut James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 and, looking forward to today's flight, the crew of Apollo 17: Commander Gene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ron Evans and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt

Launch due: 02.53 GMT

Contributors

Presenter:
James Burke
Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Interviewee:
James Lovell
Interviewee:
Gene Cernan
Interviewee:
Ron Evans
Interviewee:
Harrison H. Schmitt
Producer:
Tam Fry
Producer:
Stuart Harris
Editor:
Michael Bukht
Executive Producer:
Richard Francis
Source: Radio Times

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