5 Records Broken by Apollo 17 Apollo 17 was an extremely successful mission which broke dozens of records at the time. Here are a selection of 5 record breaking moments made during the Apollo 17 mission. Apollo 17 was the final Apollo mission to the moon, and as such, the crew were tasked with achieving as much science as possible before the cancellation of the Apollo program. | Moonpans.com

Apollo 17, the most recent mission to land on the Moon, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today (Dec. 19) in 1972. What we learned from Apollo is preparing us for NASA Artemis missions, which will return humanity to the lunar surface. https://go.nasa.gov/3CabF8z | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration