Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program, and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. It was the first night launch, and the final mission, of the Apollo program.

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• Eugene Cernan (flew on Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, & Apollo 17), commander
• Ron Evans (flew on Apollo 17), command module pilot
• Harrison "Jack" Schmitt (flew on Apollo 17), lunar module pilot

Backup crew

• John Young, commander
• Stuart Roosa, command module pilot
• Charles Duke, lunar module pilot

Support Crew

• Robert Overmyer
• Bob Parker
• Gordon Fullerton

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NASA: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. It is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research....

Apollo program: The Apollo program was a NASA spaceflight endeavor that landed the first humans on Earth's moon. Conceived during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Apollo began in earnest after US President John F. Kennedy announced his support for a manned moon landing on May 25, 1961, as part of a special ...

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