Apollo 17 - Blog Posts
The world has lost a hero, Eugene Cernan, the last man on the Moon. Commanded Apollo 17, drove the Moon buggy & collected critical lunar samples. Prior to Apollo 17 he was a Captain in the U.S. Navy, Piloted Gemini 9 and piloted the lunar module on the Apollo 10 mission. Post NASA Cernan conducted outreach to students to inspire a new generation of space explorers. This is how I want to remember hero and last man on the Moon Eugene Cernan:
Gene singing on the Moon
Apollo 17 Crew
Apollo 17 Lunar Site
The world needs more space nerds
Apollos 15 and 17.
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/images15.html
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/images17.html
Apollo 17 Lunar module docking after trans-lunar injection (1972)
Lunar Sand taken from the rim of the Shorty Crater by the Apollo 17 Astronauts. This “Orange Soil” is a result of volcanic activity on The Moon 3.8 billion years ago. It is so spherical and smooth due to the lack of gravity - pulling the molten substance in towards itself at the time of eruption and thus creating these round particles. ⠀
⠀Via Gary Greenberg, Carol Kiely, and Kate Clover