The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 (1972-2022) | NASA

The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 (1972-2022) | NASA

This video celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) by talking with Lunar Module Pilot Jack Schmitt about the significance of that mission and how it laid the groundwork for future human exploration of the Moon. Jack also discusses how the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which launched in 2009, has helped reinterpret Apollo-era data and given us new information about the lunar terrain that will help pave the way for the upcoming Artemis missions.

Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison "Jack" Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above. Schmitt was the only professional geologist to land on the Moon

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Produced and Edited by: David Ladd (AIMM)

Data Visualizations by: Ernie Wright (USRA)

LRO spacecraft animations by: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle)

Duration: 10 minutes 

Release Date: Dec. 5, 2022

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