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Duct Tape Saves the Day!

Apollo 17 rover on the lunar surface
Duct tape comes in handy even in space!

Duct tape comes in handy even in space! In this image, the Apollo 17 rover’s replacement fender is at the right rear, and the two clamps used to hold it on clearly visible. The gray cross is duct tape used to hold together the four maps from which the fender was made. Commander Gene Cernan is sitting in the left-hand seat and lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt’s shadow is seen as he snapped the image.