During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds of soil and rock samples that were returned to Earth for further study. A half century later, crystals of the mineral zircon inside a coarse-grained igneous rock fragment collected by Schmitt are …
Walter Cunningham became the eighth Apollo astronaut to die in the last five years when he passed away earlier this month aged 90. Tensions were high after the loss of the Apollo 1 astronauts, leading to disagreements breaking out over food, helmets and spacesuits during the first crewed flight of the Apollo programme Alan Shepard - died aged 74 in …
Apollo 11 will forever be remembered as the mission which enabled human beings to set foot on the moon, our natural satellite, for the first time. But for the time being, Apollo 17 remains the last human expedition to the moon. Apart from the distinction of being the last human expedition to the moon for now, Apollo 17 also achieved …
