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.

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Apollo 17, the last of the missions to land men on the moon, began 40 years ago today with the dawning of a man-made sun. Lifting off just after midnight on Dec. 7, 1972, the Apollo 17 mission was ...

During the final lunar landing mission—Apollo 17, which left Earth on Dec. 7, 1972 and reached the moon on Dec. 11—Nixon was candid about what the future held for America’s exploratory ...

Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan is holding the lower corner of the American flag during the mission's first EVA, December 12, 1972. (Photograph by Harrison J. "Jack" Schmitt, NASA) ...

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.

The Apollo 17 mission patch, which was flown on the uncrewed Artemis 1 capsule at the request of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, is a souvenir from the 1972 flight that saw Gene ...

47 years ago in 1972, Apollo 17 became NASA's last manned moon landing. A crew of three astronauts spent three days on the moon, taking lunar samples and walking on the surface. They landed back ...

Shortly after midnight, 50 years ago this morning, the Apollo 17 mission lifted off from Florida. With Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ron Evans on board, this was NASA's sixth and final ...

Apollo 17 lights the night: NASA's last lunar landing mission lifted off at 12:33 a.m. EST on Dec. 7, 1972, 40 years ago. NASA Apollo 17's legacy: more than just the last. Unlike being the first ...