6.5K views · 2.7K reactions | Apollo 17 launched on December 7, 1972, carrying the last astronauts to walk on the Moon. Its night liftoff marked the final chapter of the Apollo program and the end of humanity’s first era of lunar exploration. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #NASA #RocketScience | SpaceEve | Facebook

3.3K views · 9.6K reactions | Apollo 17’s ascent stage Challenger rises on a bright exhaust plume, leaving Taurus–Littrow and the last set of Apollo footprints behind. This is the final time a crewed spacecraft has launched from the Moon back to orbit. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve | Facebook

On December 7, 1972, the mighty Saturn V rocket lit up the Florida night sky, carrying Eugene Cernan, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, and Ronald Evans on humanity’s final Apollo mission to the Moon. 🌕 The launch was so bright that even roosters thought morning had arrived early 🐓☀️. While Evans stayed in orbit “house-sitting” the Command Module, Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module Challenger and explored the Taurus-Littrow Valley. They planted the flag, set up experiments, drove the luna

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