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Saturn V | Apollo 17 launched on Thu, Dec 7, 1972, 05:33 AM UTC — a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission.
NET Thu, Dec 7, 1972, 05:33 AM UTC
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Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Saturn V to Lunar Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Saturn V ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt & Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. The mission lasted for 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds during which time Cernan & Schmitt spent 3 days on lunar surface completing three moonwalks to collect lunar samples and install scientific instruments on the surface. Apollo 17 was the last time human beings have gone beyond Low Earth Orbit.
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Good to know
Saturn V | Apollo 17 is scheduled to lift off Thu, Dec 7, 1972, 05:33 AM UTC.
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Saturn V | Apollo 17 is an National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission flying on a Saturn V.
It lifts off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.