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 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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