Apollo 17: Last Moon Landing Since 1972
Summary
The Josh Universe - Space Discord Server community shared a post from @joshtospace about the Apollo 17 mission, which was humanity's sixth and final crewed Moon landing in December 1972. This mission marked the end of the Apollo program as NASA shifted focus to the Space Shuttle program, meaning no humans have walked on the Moon since Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan departed on December 14, 1972.
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NASA’s ambitious Apollo program, which had kicked off just 11 years earlier, came to a close in December 1972 with Apollo 17.
The mission was humanity’s sixth and final crewed Moon landing. By the time it launched, the Apollo program’s fate had already been sealed, as NASA turned its human spaceflight efforts to the Space Shuttle program.
No humans have set foot upon the Moon since Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan boarded the Lunar Module to come home on Dec. 14, 1972.
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