Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the Moon for Project Apollo, splashed down on this day in 1972. [...] ...
Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. In the ...
On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day: Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the ...
They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The loss of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who guided the ...
NASA. Apollo 17 mission. Astronaut Eugene Cernan aboard the lunar vehicle during the first spacewalk of the Apollo 17 mission. Apollo 17 is NASA's last lunar mission to date. December 1972., December ...
The Dawn of a Secular Space Boom The last human moon landing occurred more than 50 years ago when NASA’s Apollo 17 mission ...
This print is of NASA Image #S-72-55070 and is on original NASA presentation board. An estimated 750,000 spectators were on hand as the Saturn V rocket lit up the night sky at the Kennedy Space Center ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P ...