Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit while astronauts Schmitt and Eugene A. Cernan, commander, descended in the Lunar ...

The Apollo 17 command module America makes a perfect splashdown in the Pacific south of Pago Pago Tuesday Dec. 19, 1972, at the end of the final lunar mission of the Apollo series.

16 x 20 cm. (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 ...

Apollo 17, left, blasting off from ... The only thing left to do was to work down a few prelaunch checklists, depart to meet with Ronald E. Evans in the command module and then head home to Earth.

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17 this year (December 2022). The command module America is located at Space Center Houston near the NASA Johnson Space Center, while the upper stage of ...

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. ... Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden observed features he described as likely volcanic in nature when flying over it.

Just before re-entry, the astronauts returned to the Command Module and jettisoned the crippled Service Module. Then they jettisoned "Aquarius", which was not designed for atmospheric re-entry, and ...

Cosmic celebrations all around as the July Full Buck Moon coincides with the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

The Apollo 17 Command Module splashed down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on December 16th, 1972. The crew was recovered via a Navy Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter from the WWII veteran aircraft ...

The Apollo 10 command module with John Young aboard, ... Gemini 9A, Apollo 10 and Apollo 17. Cernan was also named as the backup spacecraft commander for Apollo 14.

During Apollo 11, Collins was in charge of the command module Columbia while Armstrong and Aldrin went down to the lunar surface. ... The last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, reached the Moon in 1972.