On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...
In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. It was the final Apollo lunar landing. Ron Evans was the command module pilot and ...
The Saturn V did not cruise to the Moon at a single speed, it accelerated through distinct phases, briefly peaking at a blistering velocity during the burn that hurled Apollo spacecraft out of Earth ...
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were quarantined for three weeks because NASA was afraid of dangerous germs from the moon.