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40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Begins Trip Back to Earth from Moon

Steve Fullerton — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:47:16 +0000

During their time orbiting the Moon, the Apollo 17 astronauts had a view of the Earth that only a dozen people have shared.

When you look out the window of a jet airliner, you can get an idea about just how big the Earth might be

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40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Leaves the Moon

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:45:46 +0000

We've been remembering the last human visit to our Moon this week. For December 14, instead of a photo, we have video.

During the three-day stay on the moon for the Apollo 17 astronauts, they were watched on every moonwalk by NASA in Houston

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40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Astronauts Continue Exploration

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:38:29 +0000

On this day in history, December 13, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts drove around the Moon on the rover, taking more samples and storing them in the lander. Then, they parked the rover so it could "watch" the liftoff on December 14th

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40 Years Ago – Day Two on the Moon for Apollo 17

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:34:20 +0000

The last two men to visit Earth's Moon used the Lunar Rover to cover some ground and visit interesting places near the landing site. Here (see photo) Harrison Schmitt is photographed by Gene Cernan next to one of the larger rock samples in Taurus-Littrow Valley

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40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Lands on Moon

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:11:37 +0000

Yes, 40 years ago, two American astronauts guided the lunar lander down to the rugged area - Taurus Littrow - on Earth's Moon. It was here that the only geologist to visit the moon - Harrison Schmitt - began his excited search of the landscape

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The Final Manned Trip To the Moon Started Today – 40 Years Ago!

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:10:00 +0000

Yes, it was 40 years ago that a Saturn 5 rocket lifted Apollo 17 into orbit from Florida in the final visit to the moon by a human for 40 years.

The mission sent the craft to a rocky area of the moon and on board was the only professional geologist ever to visit that unexplored landscape - Harrison Schmitt

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