Apollo 17 backup crew of Apollo 14) would become prime crew of the mission. NASA Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton ultimately assigned the backup crew of Apollo 14 (Cernan and Evans), along with Schmitt, to the prime crew of Apollo 17. The Apollo 15 prime crew received the backup assignment since this was to be the last lunar mission and the backup crew would not rotate to another mission. However, when the Apollo 15 postage stamp incident became public in early 1972 the crew was reprimanded by NASA and the United States Air Force (they were active duty officers). Director
Dmitri the Astronaut Journal", Anne Connor said, "The gentle story of a friendship across planetary boundaries has a whimsical appeal for Agee's adult fans, but lacks the conflict or strong narrative line to involve children." Dmitri the Astronaut Dmitri the Astronaut is a 1996 children's book written and illustrated by Jon Agee. The book follows an astronaut named Dmitri who returns to Earth after two and a half years on the Moon to find that no one remembers him. An American astronaut named Dmitri splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after spending two and a half years on the Moon. He is picked