Apollo 17

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Apollo program mission crewed lunar landing mission

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 Cernan ⓘ
surface form: Eugene A. Cernan
commandModulePilot Ronald E. Evans ⓘ
commandServiceModule America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMember Eugene Cernan ⓘ
surface form: Eugene A. 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 Cernan ⓘ
surface form: Eugene A. 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 Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) ⓘ
surface form: 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 16 → followedByMission → Apollo 17 ⓘ
Apollo program → notableMission → Apollo 17 ⓘ