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Apollo 17
Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final crewed 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. Schmitt was the only professional geologist to land on the Moon; he was selected in place of Joe Engle, as NASA had been under pressure to send a scientist to the Moon. The mission's heavy emphasis on science meant the inclusion of a number of new experiments, including a biological experiment containing five mice that was carried in the command and service module.
The Blue Marble
photograph of the Earth, cropped and rotated from one taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft
Eugene Cernan
NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)
Apollo 10
fourth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program
Gemini 9A
crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program
From the Earth to the Moon
TV miniseries
NASA Astronaut Group 3
group of astronauts selected in 1963

Cygnus CRS OA-8E
ninth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
2005 film
Shorty
lunar impact crater