Apollo 17

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Apollo 17 was the final crewed mission of NASA’s Apollo program, notable for its extended lunar surface stay, extensive scientific exploration, and the last human footsteps on the Moon to date.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo program mission
crewed lunar landing mission
backupCommander John W. Young
backupCommandModulePilot Stuart A. Roosa
backupLunarModulePilot Charles M. Duke Jr.
commander Eugene A. Cernan
linked to: Eugene Cernan
commandModulePilot Ronald E. Evans
commandServiceModule America
country United States
crewMember Eugene A. Cernan
linked to: Eugene Cernan

Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
crewSize 3
evaCountOnMoon 3
geologistAstronautOnSurface Harrison H. Schmitt
insigniaFeature Apollo god with American eagle and Earth and Moon
lastApolloLunarLandingMission true
lastHumanMoonLandingAsOf 2024
lastHumanMoonWalkers Eugene A. Cernan
linked to: Eugene Cernan

Harrison H. Schmitt
launchDate 1972-12-07
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchTimeUTC 05:33:00
launchVehicle Saturn V
lunarLandingBody Moon
lunarLandingDateUTC 1972-12-11
lunarLandingSite Taurus–Littrow valley
lunarLatitude 20.1908° N
lunarLongitude 30.7717° E
lunarModule Challenger
lunarModulePilot Harrison H. Schmitt
lunarRoverTraverseDistance about 35 kilometers
lunarSurfaceStayDuration about 75 hours
missionDuration 12 days 13 hours 52 minutes
missionNumber 17
notableExperiment ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package)
Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment
Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment
Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment
operator NASA
precededBy Apollo 16
program Apollo program
returnToEarthDateUTC 1972-12-19
sampleMassReturned about 110.4 kilograms of lunar samples
scientificFocus geology
lunar surface exploration
spacecraftMassAtLaunch about 45,000 kilograms (CSM+LM stack)
splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
splashdownRecoveryShip USS Ticonderoga
totalLunarEVA_Time 22 hours 4 minutes
usedLunarRovingVehicle true

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Apollo program notableMission Apollo 17
Apollo 16 followedByMission Apollo 17
Copernicus (lunar crater) imagedBy Apollo 17 mission
subject linked to: Copernicus Crater on the Moon
linked to: Apollo 17
S-IC usedOnMission Apollo 17
F-1 usedOnMission Apollo 17
J-2 usedDuringMission Apollo 17
Skylab 1 precededBy Apollo 17
Eugene Cernan spaceMission Apollo 17
Eugene Cernan wasCommanderOf Apollo 17
Pavlov crater observedBy Apollo 17 mission
linked to: Apollo 17
Taurus–Littrow valley lastVisitedByHumans Apollo 17 mission
linked to: Apollo 17
Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment partOf Apollo 17 mission
linked to: Apollo 17
Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment deployedBy Apollo 17 astronauts
linked to: Apollo 17
Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment operatedDuring Apollo 17 surface mission
linked to: Apollo 17
Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment partOf Apollo 17 mission
linked to: Apollo 17
Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment missionPhase Apollo 17 surface operations
linked to: Apollo 17
LM notableMission Apollo 17
LEM usedOnMission Apollo 17
Saturn V launchedMission Apollo 17
subject linked to: Saturn rocket family
Harrison H. Schmitt mission Apollo 17
Harrison H. Schmitt participantIn Apollo 17 lunar landing
linked to: Apollo 17
America mission Apollo 17
Ronald E. Evans spaceMission Apollo 17
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Ronald E. Evans wasOnBoard Apollo 17
Ronald E. Evans performedEVA Apollo 17 deep-space EVA
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Apollo spacesuit usedInMission Apollo 17