"We leave as we came... with peace and hope for all mankind," Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan said as he took man's last steps on the moon. It's been 45 years since the launch of Apollo 17, the ...

Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever farther and collected more moon rocks on their missions. Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In April 1970, an explosion in an oxygen ...

Apollo 17 (1972) broke the mold a bit. Gene Cernan commanded the mission and Harrison "Jack" Schmidt, a geologist and the only scientist to fly on Apollo, was the lunar module pilot. Unlike the ...

In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. It was the final Apollo lunar landing. Ron Evans was the command module pilot and Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walked on the surface during the mission.

The Apollo missions still inspire people today, decades after they took place. A fortunate side effect of the global public relations campaign is that a lot of information is publicly available ...