Apollo 17 Launch, Cape Kennedy Fla, and MCC at Houston, Texas. 6-14 Dec 1972

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Apollo 17 Launch, Cape Kennedy Fla, and MCC at Houston, Texas. 6-14 Dec 1972

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Apollo 17 (Spacecraft)

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Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. It was the first night launch and the final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. Its crew consisted of Eugene Cernan, commander; Ron Evans, command module pilot; and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, lunar module pilot. The landing site for this mission was on the southeastern rim of the Mare Serenitatis, in the southwestern Montes Taurus. This was a...