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.

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.

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 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.

The Apollo spacecraft, developed by NASA for the legendary Moon missions, was made up of three key components: the Command ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

On Dec. 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 crew returned to Earth. ... They entered lunar orbit on Dec. 11, 1972, and wasted no time separating the Lunar Module from the Command Module.

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.