On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] With two astronauts on board, the lunar module Challenger touched ...
After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever ...
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 ...
Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts ...
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Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples from 1972 — they may hold clues about the moon's violent origins
Scientists have found that a sample of the moon brought to Earth in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts contains a ratio of sulfur isotopes very different to what we see on Earth. It's a discovery that could ...
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