On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission.
Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day: Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the command module pilot, and Harrison Schmitt piloted the lander. Like most of the other Apollo missions, they lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's historic launchpad 39A on a gigantic Saturn V rocket. This was the last time a Saturn V rocket would launch astronauts into space, and it was the only nighttime launch of the Apollo program. The crew spent three days at the moon before heading home, and no one has been to the moon ever since.
Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day: Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the command module pilot, and Harrison Schmitt piloted the lander. Like most of the other Apollo missions, they lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's historic launchpad 39A on a gigantic Saturn V rocket. This was the last time a Saturn V rocket would launch astronauts into space, and it was the only nighttime launch of the Apollo program. The crew spent three days at the moon before heading home, and no one has been to the moon ever since.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04In 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17
00:08mission. Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day.
00:12Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the command module pilot, and Harrison
00:16Schmidt piloted the lander. Like most of the other Apollo missions,
00:20they lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's historic launch pad 39A on a
00:24gigantic Saturn V rocket. This was the last time a Saturn V
00:28rocket would launch astronauts into space, and it was the only nighttime launch of the Apollo
00:32program. The crew spent three days at the moon before heading back
00:36home, and no one has ever been to the moon since.
00:40That's what happened on this day in space.