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In the case of Apollo 18 the crew was probably the Apollo 15 backup crew: [5] Richard F. Gordon Jr. (commander (CDR)) Vance D. Brand (Command Module pilot (CMP)) Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module pilot (LMP)) When Apollo 18 was canceled, Schmitt was moved up to Apollo 17 under pressure from the scientific community, replacing Joe Engle. Schmitt, a ...
Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon.Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above.
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The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed. Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module ...
The U.S. last sent astronauts to the moon during the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, in 1972. "To align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations, we informed our Space Launch ...
Apollo 17 December 7, 1972 Taurus-Littrow: Gene Cernan Ronald Evans Harrison Schmitt Apollo 18 J February 1972 Schroter's Valley: Richard F. Gordon Jr. Vance Brand: Harrison Schmitt: CANCELED September 1970 Apollo 19 J July 1972 Hyginus Rille: Fred Haise William Pogue: Gerald Carr: CANCELED September 1970 Apollo 20 J December 1972 Copernicus ...
Apollo 16 landed in the Descartes Highlands on April 20, 1972. The crew was commanded by John Young, with Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke. Young and Duke spent just under three days on the surface, with a total of over 20 hours EVA. [121] Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo program, landing in the Taurus–Littrow region in
When Apollo 18 was cancelled in September 1970, the scientific community pressed NASA to assign Schmitt, a geologist, to Apollo 17 rather than a pilot with non-professional geological training. This left Slayton with the question of who would fill the two other Apollo 17 slots: the rest of the Apollo 15 backup crew or the Apollo 14 backup crew ...