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As U.S. commercial lander heads to lunar surface, Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt says moon is important for ‘vast energy and materials’
In addition to being the first U.S. commercial lander on the moon, Nova-C would also be the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since Apollo 17’s Challenger lunar module in December 1972.
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The Apollo Missions
Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 traveled ever farther and collected more moon rocks on their missions. Apollo 13: Lunar Module Turned Lifeboat In April 1970, an explosion in an oxygen ...
Moon missions in 2025: Five missions will help astronauts return to the moon
NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...
Why LBJ Canceled The Apollo Moon Base
NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...
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On This Day, Dec. 11: Apollo 17 lands on moon
In 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon. It was the final Apollo lunar landing. Ron Evans was the command module pilot and Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walked on the surface during the mission.
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Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later
Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...
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NASA built 5 Apollo lunar landers that never launched into space. Here's what happened to the historic moon ships.
The second lunar module that Grumman ever built ... The last mission to reach the moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972. A variety of factors led to the program's cancellation (and the mothballing ...