On Dec. 11, 1972, man walked on the moon for the last time. Apollo 17 lifted off on Dec. 7, 1972, with astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander; astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and ...
The three-man crew aboard NASA's Apollo 17 mission departs the moon on Dec. 19, 1972, and returns to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, while leaving behind the third U.S. lunar rover. During ...
Going to the moon? Been there, done that — right? Some people might say that NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a repeat of the past ...
On this day in 1972, Apollo 17's lunar module landed on the moon with Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison "Jack" Schmitt aboard. Apollo 17 launched on Dec. 7, 1972, and returned to ...
Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission. Apollo 17, left, ...
A day after their spidery lunar lander touched down on the moon in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison “Jack” Schmitt hammered a 16-inch-long aluminum cylinder into the lunar ...
Half a century ago, on April 20, 1972, Apollo 16 set down in the Descartes Highlands of the moon. Astronauts Commander John Young and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke were scheduled to take a moonwalk ...