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Apollo 17

ExplorationCompletedLaunched 1972-12-07

Mission overview

Apollo 17 was the final crewed Apollo lunar landing, carrying the first scientist-astronaut to the Moon.

Mission data

Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q180971) · launch date 1972-12-07 confirmed

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Wikidata · catalogued

Full field-level provenance

Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11

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Outcome & discoveries

The longest Apollo surface stay; geologist Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan, the last humans on the Moon, returned a record sample haul.

Mission profile

Crew

Knowledge connections

Operated byNASA
Part of programApollo program
Launched bySaturn V
Launched fromKennedy Space Center
Mission targetThe Moon
Mission includesEugene Cernan
Mission includesHarrison Schmitt
CapturedThe Blue Marble
Associated withApollo 17, the Last Crewed Moon Landing

Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
Apollo 8The Moon	Crewed lunar orbit	NASA	1968-12-21	Completed
Apollo 11The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1969-07-16	Completed
Apollo 13The Moon	Crewed lunar (aborted)	NASA	1970-04-11	Completed

Sources

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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