Apollo 17 Mission
Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. It remains both the most recent manned moon landing and manned flight beyond low Earth orbit. It also broke several records set by previous flights, including longest manned lunar landing flight; longest total lunar surface extravehicular activities; largest lunar sample return, and longest time in lunar orbit. Commander Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon.
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Orion Pad Abort 1 Crew ModuleWed, 14 Oct 2009
WSTF0809-E-08588 (21 Aug. 2009) --- On a New Mexico roadway, the Orion crew module Pad Abort (PA-1) test article makes its trek aboard a tractor trailer to the White Sands Missile Range. The test article, seen in the center of the frame, was flown via a C-17 from Edwards Air Force Base and the Dryden Flight Research Center in California to Holloman Air Force Base to begin the last stage of the trip to White Sands.
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Ares Main Parachute TestThu, 2 Jul 2009
On Saturday at the Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds, the Ares drogue parachute successfully extracted the main parachute, which enabled the recovery of the 50,000-pound test drop article.
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Crescent EarthWed, 1 Jul 2009
The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
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Former Moon Engine Burns Bright Once MoreSun, 28 Jun 2009
The RS-18 engine was last used on Apollo 17 in 1972 to lift the ascent module off the lunar surface and begin the journey home. Thirty six years later, it is being used
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A Scientist on the MoonSun, 14 Dec 2008
Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt stands by the American flag during a moonwalk on the Apollo 17 mission. Home, that small dot in the blackness of space above the flag, is a quarter-million miles away. Schmitt, Gene Cernan
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One Small Restep -- Returning to Moon By 2018
Wed, 21 Sep 2005Text
…could cost $104 billion. The last manned mission to the moon was Apollo 17 in 1972. With this new plan, approved by the White House on Friday, the new mission could take four people to the …
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Apollo 10 Astronauts Inside the LMMon, 28 Jul 2008
Apollo 10 Astronauts Eugene Cernan , John Young, and Thomas Stafford inside the "LM".
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Eugene Cernan Spins a Fluid BagMon, 28 Jul 2008
Apollo 10 Astronaut Eugene Cernan spins a fluid bag.
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AIAA Panel to Discuss Implications of Augustine Commission Report for America's Human Space Flight Plans
Wed, 30 Sep 2009
…s first scientist-astronaut, Schmitt was the mission scientist for the historic Apollo 11 spaceflight mission, and the Apollo 17 mission, the last humans on the moon. Schmitt served as a Senator from the state of New Mexico from 1975 to 1981. Listeners …
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Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield Protects Space GearWed, 23 Sep 2009
…matter what it be and its restrictive, friction-like action to everything it gets on," said Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan during the Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing. "However, the coating as it was originally formulated will not be …
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Missing Moon Rocks Lead To InvestigationMon, 14 Sep 2009
…investigator, told the AP. The AP cited a Web site called CollectSpace.com, which tracks the whereabouts of moon rocks from Apollo 17 . According to the Web site, only 25 of 135 rocks have been located, which is likely to be the result of bad record keeping …
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Titanium
Wed, 25 May 2005
…is found in meteorites and has been detected in the sun and in M-type stars. Rocks brought back from the moon during the Apollo 17 mission are composed of 12.1% TiO2. Titanium is also found in coal ash, plants, and even the human body.Because the …
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