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The last mission of the Apollo moon program was Apollo 17 that took astronauts Eugene "Gene" Cernan, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt and Ronald Evans to moon on a mission that launched Dec. 7, 1972 and ...

On Dec. 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 crew returned to Earth. Apollo 17 was the sixth and last Apollo mission in which humans walked on the lunar surface.

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and the crew stepped onto the moon Dec. 11.

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission — the last one that put humans on the moon. NPR takes a look at the mission and what it means for future travel to our lunar companion.

This weekend 50 years ago, NASA launched Apollo 17 in what was its sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.The crew was made up of three astronauts: Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module ...

But it was Eugene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission, who took the final steps on the Moon before their departure 50 years ago today on December 16, 1972.

The December 1972 issue of Popular Science included a preview of the Apollo 17 mission and a look back at previous Apollo missions. To mark the American return to the moon, we wanted to take a ...

Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is covered in lunar dust after the mission's second moonwalk. On December 14, 1972, Cernan took his final steps on the moon and no one has been back since.

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 ...

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. — Five decades ago Apollo 17 blasted off from the Space Coast, beginning the final mission of the United States' historic moon program.