Described by NASA as “the last, longest, and most successful” of the manned lunar landing missions, Apollo 17 yielded significant scientific discoveries and produced one of the most famous images in history of planet Earth.
Their mission was super successful, having the largest batch of lunar samples that led to a new understanding of the moon's origin, the longest time spent in lunar orbit, the longest amount of time spent on the moon's surface, and longest total extravehicular activities (EVA), but despite its success Apollo 17 was the ...
The Apollo 17 crew collected 741 individual rock and soil samples totaling 110.5 kilograms, including a deep drill core that included material from 3 meters below the lunar surface. These samples addressed both major pre-mission objectives.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time in history, achieving the goal that President John F. Kennedy had set in 1961, before Americans had even orbited the Earth.
On Dec. 14, 1972, following three days exploring the Taurus-Littrow site on the Moon, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H.
The last crewed mission to the Moon was Apollo 17, taking place between 7 and 19 December 1972. It was a 12-day mission and broke many records, the longest space walk, the longest lunar landing and the largest lunar samples brought back to Earth.
Apollo 17 legacy
The Command Module America is currently on display at Space Center Houston at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. Cernan's Apollo 17 spacesuit is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
The Apollo 13 mission was to be the third lunar landing in the program before an on board explosion forced the mission to circle the Moon without landing. This is the insignia of the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission.
Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours into the flight forced the crew to abandon all thoughts of reaching the moon.
The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank, causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.
1) Apollo 17 was the first of NASA's human missions to be launched at night – and the photos are spectacular as a result! 3) Gene Cernan was the only member of the Apollo 17 crew to have any previous spaceflight experience. 4) John Young, Charlie Duke and Stuart Roosa were the back-up crew for Apollo 17.
Apollo 11, the first mission to successfully land man on the moon, cost approximately 355 million dollars, and the final mission, Apollo 17, cost approximately 450 million dollars.
Apollo 17 returned 741 rock, dust, and core samples weighing 244.7 pounds. There was a total 2200 samples from all 6 U.S. lunar landing missions weighing a total of 842 pounds. NASA owns all of the lunar material returned to Earth, and all of it is considered a National Treasure.
in geology from Harvard and was the first geologist to walk on the Moon. Cernan and Schmitt spent a total of 75 hours on the Moon and performed three extra-vehicular activities (EVAs, or “moonwalks”), totaling 22 hours and 4 minutes.
It is the first night launch in the history of the space program. Dictated by the inexorable laws of celestial mechanics, Apollo 17 must lift off by the early morning hours of 7 December or slip its launch window. The window is dictated by the angle of sunlight on the Moon.
Funerals were held in Houston for each of the three Apollo 1 astronauts, NASA reported. Grissom and Chaffee were buried at Arlington National Cemetery and White at West Point Military Academy with full honors and top U.S. officials in attendance. “Three valiant young men have given their lives in the nation's service.
Along the counter of the OMEGA Apollo 13, there's text that reads, “What could you do in 14 seconds?” The message is a reference to the critical window the crew had to burn the engines on the Apollo 13 mission.
The command module of Apollo 13 entered Earth's atmosphere and splashed down on target on April 17 at 1:07 PM Eastern Standard Time. The mission has been referred to as a successful failure, in that all the crew members survived a catastrophic accident.
On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, tragically killing the three astronauts trapped inside.
The M1 spacecraft, built by Tokyo-based company ispace, made a valiant bid to become the first private space vehicle to land on Moon. Instead, on 25 April, it became the latest in a long line of Moon missions that didn't quite make it, apparently crashing on the lunar surface.
It is said that Daphne was the first love of Apollo but unfortunately the girl never responded his love. It was not usual or possible for a nymph or a mortal woman in the Greek mythology to resist to the love of a god, but Daphne did so and in fact, she lost her life trying to escape this love.
The demise was triggered when, in April 1970, an oxygen tank exploded two days after the launch of the Apollo 13 mission, threatening the lives of the astronauts on board. Missions after Apollo 17 were cancelled.
The landing site selected for Apollo 17 was in the Taurus-Littrow Valley on the eastern rim of Mare Serenitatis.