Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commander Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon, during NASA's final Apollo lunar landing mission, in December 1972. - ...

The Apollo 17 mission, NASA’s final crewed expedition to the Moon in December 1972, returned with valuable lunar samples, including material from the “Light Mantle,” a bright and unusual deposit at ...

NASA's last Apollo command module to launch into space has shed its skin to provide a better look at the capsule, which was the first United States spacecraft to fly a joint mission with Russia. The ...

The last human moon landing occurred more than 50 years ago when NASA’s Apollo 17 mission touched down on the lunar surface, and U.S. astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt collected samples ...

As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for ...