National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Apollo 17

Saturn V

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, December 7, 1972 · 05:33 UTC

Mission

/01

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt & Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. The mission lasted for 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds during which time Cernan & Schmitt spent 3 days on lunar surface completing three moonwalks to collect lunar samples and install scientific instruments on the surface. Apollo 17 was the last time human beings have gone beyond Low Earth Orbit.

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Saturn V

Variant: V

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608° N, 80.604° W

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