October Gallery

Eugene Cernan on Moon Apollo 17

The last man on the Moon. Astronaut Eugene Cernan stands on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission. At right is part of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), with its communications antenna. Apollo 17 arrived on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow site at the southern edge of the Mare Serenitatis on 11 December 1972. Cernan and fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt spent 72 hours on the Moon, performing three excursions in the LRV. This was the last Apollo Moon mission, and Cernan was the last human to stand on the surface of the Moon. Astronaut Ronald Evans remained in the orbiting Command Module. The astronauts returned safely to Earth on 19 December 1972

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Retro-Fashion-Gaultier

Wearing a wig, a model presents a bathing suit during French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier's Spring-Summer 1992 ready-to-wear collection, 16 October 1992, in Paris. Jean-Paul Gaultier will celebrate his 30-years Fashion career in October 2006.
Since his first collection in 1976, Jean-Paul Gaultier has never ceased to astonish and outrage, with the famous skirt for men in 1985 for instance. Known for his feats of style inspired by the streets of Paris and London, Jean-Paul gaultier creates for stars like the cone-shaped bustier for Madonna. Called the "enfant terrible", Jean-Paul Gaultier is a figure in the world of haute couture, following the traditional definitions of the beautiful and the ugly, the elegant and the vulgar. AFP / PIERRE GUILLAUD / AFP PHOTO / PIERRE GUILLAUD

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