To mark the American return to the moon, we wanted to take a look back at Apollo 17 through images. Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald ...

Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “America” in lunar orbit. The Apollo 17 Command Module (CM), with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E.

Related: Apollo 17: NASA's last Apollo moon landing mission in pictures Evans, the command module pilot, was on his first mission to space. He was on combat duty in Vietnam in April 1966 when he ...

In the end, Apollo 17's crew consisted of Command Module pilot Ronald Evans, Lunar Module pilot Harrison Schmitt, and mission commander Eugene "Gene" Cernan. This crew would be the last to leave ...

Apollo 17's command module seen from the lunar module; ice and particles surrounding the lunar module during the transposition and docking maneuver.Credit...NASA Apollo 17, like Artemis I ...

The crew members were recovered by the USS Ticonderoga. None of the Apollo 17 astronauts flew in space again. The Command Module America is currently on display at Space Center Houston at the ...

Pressure from the scientific community saw Schmitt assigned to Apollo 17, joining Cernan and Command Module Pilot (CMP) Ron Evans. But as the crew trained, the managers fretted, for a failed ...

(6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to the moon to ...

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.

During Apollo 11, Collins was in charge of the command module Columbia while Armstrong ... The last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, reached the Moon in 1972. It was the last time humans would walk ...