6.5K views · 2.7K reactions | Apollo 17 launched on December 7, 1972, carrying the last astronauts to walk on the Moon. Its night liftoff marked the final chapter of the Apollo program and the end of humanity’s first era of lunar exploration. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #NASA #RocketScience | SpaceEve | Facebook

Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. NASA Image: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/AS15-87-11819HR.jpg Audio: Som ET - 45 - Moon Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center #nasa #moon #lua #apollo #lunar #luna #LRV | Som ET

19K views · 628 reactions | On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the...

18K views · 705 reactions | Apollo 17 was the last crewed mission to the moon. Celebrate the remarkable mission and crew, including late astronaut Eugene Cernan, at Space Center Houston. See the Apollo 17 command module in Starship Gallery, and watch a special documentary chronicling Cernan's life and experiences in space exploration. Showings begin at 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. in Space Center Theater. Please allow 90 minutes. | Space Center Houston | Facebook

Right after leaving Earth, Apollo 17’s Command and Service Module America flipped around to dock with the Lunar Module Challenger inside the Saturn upper stage. This sequence shows that approach and capture, the first step toward the last Apollo landing. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve

On this day 1972 - This pan was captured by the Apollo 17 Crew soon after landing, the right side from Schmitt's window and the left from Cernan's window, all of the frames were then stitched together by Mike Constantine to form a single pan. In this video the mission audio has been added when Cernan and Schmitt got their first look outside the windows #apollo11 #apollo8 #apollo12 #apollo13 #apollo14 #apollo15 #apollo16 #apollo17 #apollo50 #apollo50th #apollophotos #projectapollo #apolloprogram