On December 7, 1972, the mighty Saturn V rocket lit up the Florida night sky, carrying Eugene Cernan, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, and Ronald Evans on humanity’s final Apollo mission to the Moon. 🌕 The launch was so bright that even roosters thought morning had arrived early 🐓☀️. While Evans stayed in orbit “house-sitting” the Command Module, Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module Challenger and explored the Taurus-Littrow Valley. They planted the flag, set up experiments, drove the luna

Apollo 17, U.S. crewed spaceflight to the Moon, launched on December 7, 1972, and successfully concluded on December 19, 1972. It was the final flight of the Apollo program, and Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last humans to walk on the Moon. #NASA | Future Tech