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Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, dies at 93
- The retired Air Force three-star general took part in four space missions.
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Apollo 17: Looking back at the last time the US landed on the moon
The 1972 lunar landing concluded a pioneering time for moon exploration.
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Tinsley: Back to the moon?
The accomplishments by NASA and a group of astronauts with the “right stuff” is still impressive.
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On this date: the last moonwalk (for now)
(WHTM) –On December 11, 2022, the United States completed the first step in sending human beings back to the moon, when an unmanned Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing a successful end to the 25 1/2-day Artemis I mission. It was exactly 50 years to the day that the last Apollo mission […]
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Video: Watch as Gene Cernan takes a tumble on the moon, in honor of Apollo 17’s 51-year anniversary
Apollo 17 was the final moon mission. Watch Eugene Cernan, engineer and astronaut, hop along the surface of moon on Dec. 11, 1972. Why have people not been on the moon since? How much did the moon landing cost in today’s dollars? What was accomplished on the Apollo 17 mission?
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On This Day, Dec. 11: Apollo 17 lands on moon
On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon, the final Apollo lunar landing.
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On This Day, Dec. 7: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing 2,403 people and catapulting the United States into World War II.
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Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne to marry Wallis Simpson
On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI. In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. In 1972, Apollo 17’s lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard; they became the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface.
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Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks that reveal the moon’s true age
This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more.
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In the Market for a Moon Car? NASA Seeks Proposals for Next-Gen Lunar Rover
In 1969, our species left the planet of our birth to touch down on an alien world for the first time. After Neil Armstrong’s historic first small step, six additional crewed missions made their way to the Moon. With the exception of the ill-fated Apollo 13, all of them succeeded (even Apollo 13 succeeded in getting its crew home safely against impossible odds) and in 1972, commander Gene Cernan stepped off of the lunar surface for the last time. Cernan’s story is beautifully told in the document
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