The Apollo 17 moon landing occurred on December 11, 1972. The LM crew spent 75 hours on the lunar surface. NASA Image: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-140-21354.jpg Audio: Som ET - 45 - Moon Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center #nasa #moon #lua #apollo #lunar #flag | Som ET

Apollo 17’s ascent stage Challenger rises on a bright exhaust plume, leaving Taurus–Littrow and the last set of Apollo footprints behind. This is the final time a crewed spacecraft has launched from the Moon back to orbit. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve

Right after leaving Earth, Apollo 17’s Command and Service Module America flipped around to dock with the Lunar Module Challenger inside the Saturn upper stage. This sequence shows that approach and capture, the first step toward the last Apollo landing. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve

On December 7, 1972, the mighty Saturn V rocket lit up the Florida night sky, carrying Eugene Cernan, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, and Ronald Evans on humanity’s final Apollo mission to the Moon. 🌕 The launch was so bright that even roosters thought morning had arrived early 🐓☀️. While Evans stayed in orbit “house-sitting” the Command Module, Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module Challenger and explored the Taurus-Littrow Valley. They planted the flag, set up experiments, drove the luna