The 1972 lunar landing concluded a pioneering time for moon exploration.
In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P. Armagnac described Apollo 17 as 'the most exciting geological field trip in history.' The lunar landing concluded
plans to use the instruments to collect vital data ahead of planned crewed missions later this decade. The December 1972 issue of Popular Science included a preview of the Apollo 17 mission and a look back at previous Apollo missions. To mark the American return to the moon, we wanted to take a look back at Apollo 17 through images. Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on December 7, 1972.
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E.
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