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Kapton Polymide Tape Mission: Apollo 17 CM: America LM: Challenger   Crew: Eugene A. Cernan Harrison H. Schmitt Ronald E. Evans Launch: December 7, 1972   Landing: December 19, 1972   Duration: 12 Days, 13 hours 74 hrs on the Moon   Comment: Last lunar landing of the Apollo Program This swatch of pressure-sensitive Kapton polyimide tape was cut from America's thermal protection subsystem. Applied under the external ablator surface of the Command Module, the tape was used to shield the spacecraft from the extreme temperatures of space. Mission commander Eugene Cernan's corporation had these acrylics produced. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com