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Close ✕Apollo 17
The last crewed lunar landing to date. Launched 7 December 1972 at 05:33 UTC, the only night launch of a Saturn V, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt — the only…
Surface position at Apollo 17 landing site · 1972-12-07 – 1972-12-19
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeApollo
ClassCrewed landing · crewed
Outcomesuccess
Launched1972-12-07
Arrived1972-12-11
Samplesreturned material to Earth
PositionApollo 17 landing site →
Connections
- travelled to Apollo 17 landing site — Apollo 17 reached this position, and the position is published.
- concluded Apollo Program — Apollo 17 was the sixth and final landing; Cernan's departure on 14 December 1972 ended crewed lunar surface operations for more than five decades.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates