The first lunar landing attempt since Apollo 17 is planned for Artemis 3, potentially as soon as 2028.
NASA announced that Artemis II will be the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
The Surface Electrical Properties experiment (SEP) was used to explore the subsurface material of the Apollo 17 landing site by means of electromagnetic radiation.
The Artemis 2 mission will fly around the moon and back on a 10-day mission, marking the first human lunar excursion since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
A research team led by a Brown University professor reported findings of sulfur compounds in rock samples taken from the Moon's Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17.
The samples analyzed by Dottin were collected from a double drive tube, a hollow metal cylinder driven about 60 centimeters into the lunar soil by Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.
Artemis II will mark humanity's return to the Moon after nearly fifty years since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch next year and will be the first mission since Apollo 17 to send humans beyond low Earth orbit.
A NASA-funded laboratory study used a particle accelerator to bombard Apollo 17 Moon samples to simulate long-term solar wind effects and found that the solar wind can create lunar water.
Polaris Dawn planned to ascend to 1,400 km, the highest Earth orbit flown by humans since the Apollo 17 mission.
The 1,400-kilometer apogee planned for Polaris Dawn is the highest for a crewed mission since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
Polaris Dawn was planned to ascend to 1,400 km, the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17 mission.
Polaris Dawn plans to ascend to approximately 1,400 km, the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17 mission.
The crew of Polaris Dawn will travel further from Earth than any humans since the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon in December 1972.
Crew Dragon on Polaris Dawn will raise its apogee to about 1,400 km, the highest altitude for a crewed mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.
NASA is preparing for its first crewed surface mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 as part of the Artemis campaign.
Odysseus was the first American spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
A crewed mission reaching altitudes as high as 1,400 km would be higher than any crewed mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Artemis III is planned for 2025 and will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
Artemis III is planned for 2025 and will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.