Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

“I skipped school and stood on my back porch and gazed at the sky in hopes that I might catch a glimpse of the capsule,” said the Wilmington native. Knowing about his deep-rooted interest, his mother ...

The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Apollo 17 mission patch, which was flown on the uncrewed Artemis 1 capsule at the request of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, is a souvenir from the 1972 flight that saw Gene ...

The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed.

The Apollo 17 spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean at 2:25 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 1972. The crew members were recovered by the USS Ticonderoga ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fifty years ago, the visit of the Apollo 17 spacecraft would be the last time man set foot on the moon. Half a century later, we are still learning from that visit to ...