The mission patch at upper left is dominated by the image of Apollo, the Greek sun god. A Saturn 5 rocket sends Apollo 17 spaceward from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, 1972. Apollo 17 was NASA's ...

Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Copernicus Crater: This image taken by NASA's Lunar Orbiter II shows the floor of the Copernicus crater ...