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 ...

Ron Evans fell sound asleep in the command module of Apollo 17 when he and his crewmates were waiting to take off. It wasn’t easy to doze off in an Apollo spacecraft, least of all when you’re flat on ...

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More than 50 years after the last manned moon mission, the Apollo program is still making groundbreaking discoveries. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Lunar rock ...

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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Dec. 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan spoke some of the last words from the surface of the moon on December 14, 1972: “And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall ...