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Apollo 17
Apollo 17 was a crewed flight launched on December 7, 1972 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 3: Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Ronald Evans.
United Statescrew 31972-096
Crew
Flight
- Mission
- Apollo 17
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Apollo 17 CSM
- Launch
- December 7, 1972 · 05:33 UTC
- Landing
- December 19, 1972
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 12.6 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1972-096A
- Vehicle fate
- Docked with another object · Dec 7, 1972
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1972-096
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- 170 km × 178 km, 28.7°
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q180971 (CC0).
Eugene Cernan United States · 3 flights
Harrison Schmitt United States · 1 flight
Ronald Evans United States · 1 flight