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Apollo 17
sixth and final Moon landing and eleventh crewed flight of the United States Apollo program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apollo 17 was the last flight to send people to the moon. It was done by NASA, the American space group.
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Mission type | Crewed lunar landing |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1972-096A |
SATCAT no. | 06300![]() |
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Crew size | 3 |
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Reference system | Selenocentric |
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It went up to space on December 7, 1972, carrying three astronauts: Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans. On December 11, 1972, Cernan and Schmitt became the last humans to land on the moon, while Evans stayed in orbit around the Moon.