Apollo 17
Sixth and final Moon landing and eleventh crewed flight of the United States Apollo program
Also known as Apollo XVII
- Launched
- December 7, 1972
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- December 7, 1972
- Landed
- December 19, 1972
- Launch vehicle
- Mass
- 52,738.7 kg
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- , 5,497.5 kg
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- 52,738.7 kg
- Start point
Overview
All data
42 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Crew members
- Eugene Cernan positions held: spacecraft commander
- Ronald Evans positions held: command module pilot
- Harrison Schmitt positions held: lunar module pilot
- Runtime
- 1,086,719 s
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- 1,086,719 s
- Location of landing
- Pacific Ocean coordinates: 17.8797°S, 166.1100°W · applies to part: splashdown
- Orbits completed
- 75 relative to: Moon
- Significant event
- rocket launch(December 7, 1972) location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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- orbital activity(1972–1972) item operated: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module · location: Moon
- Moon landing(1972–1972) located on astronomical body: Moon · item operated: Challenger · coordinates: 20.1908°N, 30.7717°E
- surface exploration event distance: 35.74 km · located on astronomical body: Moon · item operated: Lunar Roving Vehicle
- splashdown(December 19, 1972) location: Pacific Ocean · coordinates: 17.8797°S, 166.1100°W
- rocket launch(December 7, 1972) location: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- Native label
- Apollo 17
On other databases
11 identifiers linking Apollo 17 across the web's reference databases