By the time Apollo 17 departed lunar orbit, 24 humans had been to the moon, and 12 walked on its surface. After Apollo 17, five robotic probes from Earth - all Russian - visited the moon.

Apollo 17 lights the night: NASA's last lunar landing mission lifted off at 12:33 a.m. EST on Dec. 7, 1972, 40 years ago. NASA Apollo 17's legacy: more than just the last ...

Bid now on The Command Module America before docking with the LM Challenger in lunar orbit Apollo 17, December 7-19 by NASA. View a wide Variety of artworks by NASA, now available for sale on artnet ...

As command module pilot on Apollo 17, Ron Evans spent more time orbiting the moon than any other astronaut. ... Evans spent more time in lunar orbit than anyone else alive, ...

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 ...

The Apollo 11 lunar module traveled through space after being propelled toward the moon by a powerful rocket. Astronauts made the journey in a different, attached module − called the command module.

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 ...

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and the crew stepped onto the moon Dec. 11.

NASA and its contractors envisioned many ways that an Apollo mission might fail, trapping its crew on the moon's barren surface or in lunar orbit, 238,000 miles from home. Beyond Apollo blogger ...

The Apollo 9 lunar module, Spider, flies away from the command module, Gumdrop. (Image credit: NASA) Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbiting mission that tested out the Apollo lunar module for the first time.

Ronald Evans served as the pilot of the command module "America" that remained in lunar orbit until it was time for the three voyagers to return to Earth. [Lunar Legacy: 45 Apollo Moon Mission Photos] ...