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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.

The first lunar landing attempt since Apollo 17 is planned for Artemis 3, potentially as soon as 2028.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jan 16, 2026One step closer to the Moon: Artemis 2 rocket ready for the pad

NASA announced that Artemis II will be the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 14, 2026La NASA ultima los preparativos para la misión tripulada Artemis II a la Luna

The Surface Electrical Properties experiment (SEP) was used to explore the subsurface material of the Apollo 17 landing site by means of electromagnetic radiation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Dec 31, 2025Peter Annan appointed to the Order of Canada

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.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 9, 2025Exclusive: Artemis 2 ‘is not the peak of our mountain, in Canada’ says astronaut Hansen

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.

GeneralValue 3.0Oct 8, 2025With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in Moon's mantle

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Oct 8, 2025With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in Moon's mantle

Artemis II will mark humanity's return to the Moon after nearly fifty years since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Sep 18, 2025月周回ミッション「アルテミス2号」、宇宙飛行士が自ら被験者に–睡眠やストレスへの影響など

Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch next year and will be the first mission since Apollo 17 to send humans beyond low Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Apr 21, 2025Space weather and spaceflight

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.

GeneralValue 3.0Apr 21, 2025Moon Monday #222: How China navigated failure to nail down lunar navigation success

Polaris Dawn planned to ascend to 1,400 km, the highest Earth orbit flown by humans since the Apollo 17 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 3.6Sep 10, 2024SpaceX’s Success at last as Polaris Dawn soars to the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17

The 1,400-kilometer apogee planned for Polaris Dawn is the highest for a crewed mission since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 10, 2024Crew Dragon launches on Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission

Polaris Dawn was planned to ascend to 1,400 km, the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 9, 2024SpaceX is standing on Tuesday for Polaris Dawn launch, so far

Polaris Dawn plans to ascend to approximately 1,400 km, the highest orbit with humans since the Apollo 17 mission.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 8, 2024UPDATE: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn no-go on Monday potential new launch date

The crew of Polaris Dawn will travel further from Earth than any humans since the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon in December 1972.

GeneralValue 3.0Sep 3, 2024Polaris’s dawn

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.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 4, 2024SpaceX reveals EVA suit design as Polaris Dawn mission approaches

NASA is preparing for its first crewed surface mission since Apollo 17 in 1972 as part of the Artemis campaign.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Apr 1, 2024Strategic implications of China winning the space rescue race (part 1)

Odysseus was the first American spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Feb 22, 2024Intuitive Machines lands on the moon

A crewed mission reaching altitudes as high as 1,400 km would be higher than any crewed mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

GeneralValue 2.0Feb 10, 2024Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission slips to mid-2024

Artemis III is planned for 2025 and will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Oct 6, 2023Axiom Space Collaborates with Prada to Design NASA’s Next-Gen Lunar Spacesuits

Artemis III is planned for 2025 and will be the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 4, 2023Axiom Space + Prada join forces on tech + design for NASA’s nexgen lunar spacesuits
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