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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.

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Artemis 2 is expected to be the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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