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The Apollo 17 command module “America” is on display at the Space Center Houston adjacent to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Apollo 17 Mission

Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) 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 Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above. Schmitt was the only professional geologist to land on the Moon; he was selected in place of Joe Engle, as NASA had been under pressure to send a scientist to the Moon. The mission’s heavy emphasis on science meant the inclusion of a number of new experiments, including a biological experiment containing five mice that was carried in the command module.

Mission planners had two primary goals in deciding on the landing site: to sample lunar highland material older than that at Mare Imbrium and to investigate the possibility of relatively recent volcanic activity. They therefore selected Taurus–Littrow, where formations that had been viewed and pictured from orbit were thought to be volcanic in nature. Since all three crew members had backed up previous Apollo lunar missions, they were familiar with the Apollo spacecraft and had had more time for geology training.

Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 was a “J-type” mission that included three days on the lunar surface, expanded scientific capability, and the use of the third Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). Cernan and Schmitt landed in the Taurus–Littrow valley, completed three moonwalks, took lunar samples, and deployed scientific instruments. Orange soil was discovered at Shorty crater; it proved to be volcanic in origin, although from early in the Moon’s history. Evans remained in lunar orbit in the command and service module (CSM), taking scientific measurements and photographs. The spacecraft returned to Earth on December 19.

The mission broke several records for crewed spaceflight, including the longest crewed lunar landing mission (12 days, 14 hours), greatest distance from a spacecraft during an extravehicular activity of any type (7.6 kilometers or 4.7 miles), longest total duration of lunar-surface extravehicular activities (22 hours, 4 minutes), largest lunar-sample return (approximately 115 kg or 254 lb), longest time in lunar orbit (6 days, 4 hours), and greatest number of lunar orbits (75).

PDF Contents

Mission Overview

  • Apollo 17 Press Kit, Nov 1972
  • Apollo 17 Final Flight Plan, Oct 1972
  • Apollo 17 Mission Requirements, Mar 1972
  • Apollo 17 Mission Rules, Sep 1972
  • Apollo 17 On The Moon, Dec 1972

Saturn V & Launch

  • Saturn V AS-512 Flight Evaluation Report
  • Saturn V AS-512 Postflight Trajectory

Crew & Crew Training

  • Apollo 17 Crew Charts, Dec 1972
  • Apollo 17 Crew Training Schedule, 35 day
  • Flight Crew G&N Dictionary, Change A
  • Flight Software Readiness Review LM AGS
  • Flight Software Readiness Review Slides
  • Apollo 17 Traverse Planning Data, Nov 1972

Transcripts & Communications

  • Apollo 17 Transcript Air-To-Ground
  • Apollo 17 Transcript CM, Jan 1973
  • Apollo 17 Transcript Geology, 1975
  • Apollo 17 Transcript LM, Jan 1973
  • Apollo 17 Transcript PAO

Command & Service Module

  • Apollo 17 CSM Contingency Checklist
  • Apollo 17 CSM Cue Cards, Change AA
  • Apollo 17 CSM Cue Cards, Change B
  • Apollo 17 CSM Cue Cards, Rev A
  • Apollo 17 CSM EXP/EVA Checklist, Change A
  • Apollo 17 CSM EXP/EVA Checklist
  • Apollo 17 CSM GNC Checklist, Change A
  • Apollo 17 CSM Launch Checklist, Change AA
  • Apollo 17 CSM Launch Checklist, Change B
  • Apollo 17 CSM Launch Checklist, Sep 1972
  • Apollo 17 CSM Malfunction Procedures
  • Apollo 17 CSM Malfunction Procedures, Change A
  • Apollo 17 CSM Rendezvous Procedures
  • Apollo 17 CSM Rescue Book, Sep 1972
  • Apollo 17 CSM Systems Data, Aug 1972
  • Apollo 17 CSM Updates, Aug 1972
  • Apollo 17 Stowage List, Dec 1972

Lunar Module

  • Apollo 17 LM Cue Cards, Change A, Nov 1972
  • Apollo 17 LM Cue Cards, Rev A, Nov 1972
  • Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book, Change A
  • Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book, Change B
  • Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book, Sep 1972
  • Apollo 17 LM LGC Data Cards, Delco
  • Apollo 17 LM Rendezvous Charts, Sep 1972
  • Apollo 17 LM Systems Data, Rev A, Nov 1972
  • Apollo 17 LM Systems Handbook Diagram
  • Apollo 17 LM Timeline Book, Flown

Lunar Activities / EVA

  • Apollo 17 EVA1 Cuff Checklist
  • Apollo 17 LM Lunar Surface Checklist
  • Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Procedures, Vol 1 Nominal Plans, Nov 1972
  • Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Procedures, Vol 2 Contingency Plans, Dec 1972

Lunar Equipment

  • Apollo 17 Ground Commanded TV Assembly – Manual, Jan 1972
  • Apollo 17 Ground Commanded TV Assembly – Report, Feb 1972
  • Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV Operations Handbook Revised, Jul 1971
  • Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehlcle LRV, Boeing
  • Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Tool Catalog

Lunar Science & Photography

  • Apollo 17 Photo Index, 70mm 35mm 16mm
  • Apollo 17 Photo Index, Mapping & Panoramic Camera, Nov 1973
  • Apollo 17 Rock Catalog 1of4, Jan 1993
  • Apollo 17 Rock Catalog 2of4, Jan 1993
  • Apollo 17 Rock Catalog 3of4, Oct 1993
  • Apollo 17 Rock Catalog 4of4, Aug 1994

Mission Debriefing

  • Apollo 17 – 5 Day Report, Dec 1972
  • Apollo 17 – 30 day Failure/Anomaly Report
  • Apollo 17 At Taurus Littrow
  • Apollo 17 Geologic Investigation of Taurus-Littrow Valley
  • Apollo 17 Landing Site Geology, Dec 1992
  • Apollo 17 Mission Operation Report
  • Apollo 17 Mission Report, Mar 1973
  • Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, 1973
  • Apollo 17 Science Training History of the Apollo Astronauts, Nov 2015
  • Apollo 17 Technical Crew Briefing, Jan 1973
  • Apollo 17 Ultraviolet Brightness of Celestial Targets, Dec 1972

Apollo 17 Videos

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