Posted on August 4, 2021
Apollo 17 would break several crewed spaceflight records: 1) longest moon mission duration: 12 days 13 hours 52 minutes (just a day and a third shorter than the 14 days set in 1965 by Gemini 7), 2) longest total lunar surface extravehicular activitie...
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Posted on August 18, 2021
Harrison Schmitt played a key role in training Apollo crews to be geologic observers when they were in lunar orbit and competent geologic field workers when they were on the lunar surface. After each of the landing missions, he participated in the ex...
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Posted on September 1, 2021
Flight director Gene Kranz wrote that Cernan was his favorite because of his carefree and jovial attitude, unabashed patriotism, and his close personal relationship with the flight controllers.
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Posted on November 24, 2021
“How can there be orange soil on the Moon?! (Pause) Jack, that is really orange.” Gene Cernan
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Posted on December 8, 2021
“As we leave the Moon and Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo Seventeen.” – Gene Cernan’s final words from the surface of the Moon.
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Posted on December 22, 2021
At 4:56 Houston time, Gene rested the tip of his left index finger on the yellow ignition button.
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