LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history: It ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CHICAGO (AP) — Standing by a part of the Apollo 8 spacecraft he once rode, retired astronaut James Lovell on Monday read the 1968 ...
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Seen on the television monitor is a picture of ...
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The Apollo 17 Moon Samples Were Sealed Away For Over 50 Years. Now, Scientists Have Opened Them
When the crew of Apollo 17 left the lunar surface and returned to Earth in December 1972, they brought with them samples of a particularly interesting area of the Moon. Those samples were deliberately ...
On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day: Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt in the Taurus-Littrow Valley, from where the volcanic glass beads ...
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