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Apollo 17

completedLaunch 1972-096
Launched 12/7/1972HEOService GSat EEO E
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
2 payloads
Apollo 17 CSM
retired
Human Spaceflight
cislunar
Apollo 17 LM
retired
Human Spaceflightcislunar
Launch Details
Launch Date
12/7/1972
Launch ID
1972-096
Launch Profile
Sat EEO E
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Launch Vehicle
Saturn V
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
2
Payload Status
retired 2
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 2
Track
Mentions
43
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA’s Artemis IV mission would mark the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 3.2Jun 15, 2026Cooling Garment for Lunar Spacesuit Unveiled by Axiom Space and Prada

Artemis III will be the first crewed mission to return humans to the lunar surface after Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanValue 2.5Jun 11, 2026ISS, batteri resistenti e CubeSat: la Spedizione 74 accelera la ricerca per Luna e Marte

The NASA-led Artemis program is working to return humans to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanValue 3.5Jun 8, 2026Why the vagueness of the Outer Space Treaty was a strategically calculated move

Interlune includes Apollo 17 geologist Harrison Schmitt as Executive Chairman.

GovernanceValue 3.6May 4, 2026Interlune Secures $6.9 Million NASA Contract for Lunar Resource Extraction

Artemis-2 carried four astronauts to lunar space for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

GeneralValue 4.0Apr 20, 2026Following America's Artemis-2 Moon Mission Through China

Artemis II was the first crewed flight beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Apr 12, 2026Artemis II Crew Completes Historic Lunar Flyby Mission

No humans had viewed the Moon in the way Artemis II’s four astronauts did since Apollo 17 in 1972.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Apr 10, 2026Las imágenes del Artemis II aportan nuevas claves sobre el origen y la geología lunar

Apollo 17 in 1972 used Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” as a wake-up song.

GeneralValue 1.5Apr 9, 2026Los "despertares musicales" de la tripulación del Artemis II rumbo a la Luna

Artemis II is the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Apr 6, 2026Las imágenes clave de la misión Artemis II, que hoy sobrevuela la Luna

Artemis II is the first mission to send humans beyond Earth orbit to the lunar vicinity since Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Apr 1, 2026Liftoff: NASA Successfully Launches Artemis II to the Moon

Artemis 2 is the first mission to send humans back to the Moon since Apollo 17.

GeneralValue 2.5Mar 31, 2026CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk discusses ISS readiness and Canada’s lunar ambitions

Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to travel to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanValue 3.0Mar 25, 2026Pinned: L-1 week 🌑 1 week from today, NET April 1st at 22:24 UTC, NASA's Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch. Artemis II will be the first time humans will travel to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, and could set a new record for the farthest anyone has ever traveled from Earth.

Artemis 4 is targeted for early 2028 and is intended to be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 24, 2026NASA unveils new Moon base plans, pauses Lunar Gateway

Artemis 2 will be the first human Moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

PlanValue 2.5Mar 13, 2026Artemis 2 set for April lunar launch as NASA navigates Gateway uncertainty

The 65–70 km reference EVA rover path is almost double the Apollo 17 EVA rover distance.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Mar 10, 2026As you can see the proposed LS3 site is the same that was shown in a 2024 presentation Which made me realize: The reference EVA rover path shown at that presentation is about 65-70km long, almost double that of Apollo 17, on the first landing, quite a lot!

If Artemis II is successful, it will be the first time any person has been back to the Moon since 1972 when Apollo 17 returned to Earth.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Feb 10, 2026First Crewed Moon Flyby In 54 Years: Artemis II

Artemis II will be the first crewed deep-space mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 if it flies in 2026.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Feb 10, 2026The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High Ground

Artemis 2 will be the first human flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972 if it launches as planned.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jan 26, 2026Inching towards launch

Artemis II represents the first crewed lunar flyby mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

GeneralValue 3.0Jan 19, 2026半世紀ぶりの有人月周回飛行「アルテミス2」、ロケットが発射台に到着–2月に打ち上げ予定

The Artemis II crew will become the first humans to venture beyond Low Earth Orbit since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

PlanValue 3.5Jan 19, 2026The Artemis Campaign: A Brief Cislunar History
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