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Apollo 17: Looking back at the last time the US landed on the moon
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder...
Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne to marry Wallis Simpson
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn Dec. 11, 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American...
Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDuring the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts...
Video: Watch as Gene Cernan takes a tumble on the moon, in honor of Apollo 17’s 51-year anniversary
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoApollo 17 was the final moon mission. Watch Eugene Cernan, engineer and astronaut, hop along the...
CORRECTION: Former NM senator became twelfth moonwalker in 1972
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 11—Correction: This story has been amended to reflect the following correction. A previous version of this story incorrectly reported Harrison "Jack" Schmitt was the last American to walk ...
Apollo 17 at 50: Last step, last words and long wait for lunar return
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec....
The Odysseus Lander Returns the U.S. to the Moon for the First Time in More Than 50 Years
SYFY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn December of 1972, Eugene “Gene” Cernan and Harrison Schmitt became the last two human beings to...
On this date: the last moonwalk (for now)
WHTM via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(WHTM) –On December 11, 2022, the United States completed the first step in sending human beings back to the moon, when an unmanned Orion spacecraft...
Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks that reveal the moon’s true age
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThis week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a...
It's been 50 years since the last moonwalk. NASA astronauts explain why it took so long.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Space Launch System rocket arrives at the launchpad in Florida, on August 17, 2022.NASA/Joel...