Apollo 17 saw the first scientist, Geologist Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, as a member of the crew. Apollo 17 was also the last of the Apollo program.
The last manned lunar mission, yes.
There were a total of 19 Apollo missions: Apollo-1A : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 2 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 3 : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 1 : Manned orbital mission, cancelled due to fatal accident. Apollo - 4 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 5 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 6 : Unmanned orbital fligth Apollo - 7 : Manned orbital mission Apollo - 8 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo - 9 : Manned orbital mission Apollo -10 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo- 11 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 12 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 13 : Lunar Landing mission, aborted due to accident Apollo- 14 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 15 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 16 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 17 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo -18 : Space rendevous mission with Soviet Soyuz spacecraft (Apollo-Soyuz)
The Apollo 17 was the last Apollo Moon mission
There were 17 Apollo missions, 11 of which were manned, and 6 of which landed on the lunar surface.
The last mission was the Apollo 17 also the eleventh Apollo mission and sixth and last lunar landing.
The last Apollo mission to land on the moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972. Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt spent three days on the lunar surface conducting experiments and exploring the Taurus-Littrow valley.
Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. It was the only mission to include a geologist, Harrison Schmitt, among the crew. The mission successfully completed three moonwalks, collected a record amount of lunar samples, and returned safely to Earth.
1. Apollo 7: Low Earth Orbit 2. Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit 3. Apollo 9: Low Earth Orbit 4. Apollo 10: Lunar Orbit 5. Apollo 11: Lunar Landing 6. Apollo 12: Lunar Landing 7. Apollo 13: Lunar flyby (aborted landing) 8. Apollo 14: Lunar Landing 9. Apollo 15: Lunar Landing 10. Apollo 16: Lunar Landing 11. Apollo 17: Lunar Landing
There were three people on every Apollo lunar mission. On Apollo 17, these were Eugene A. Cernan (Mission Commander), Harrison H. Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot), and Ronald E. Evans (Command module pilot). As the command module remained in lunar orbit, Evans stayed in it while Schmitt and Cernan went to the surface in the Lunar Module (lander).
The last mission to the moon was Apollo 17, which landed on the lunar surface in December 1972. This mission was the sixth and final crewed lunar landing of the Apollo program, and the astronauts conducted a series of experiments and explorations during their stay on the moon before returning to Earth.
The final stage of the space program to reach the Moon was the Apollo program, particularly Apollo 17, which was the last manned mission to the lunar surface in December 1972. This mission followed earlier successful lunar landings, including Apollo 11, where astronauts first set foot on the Moon. Apollo 17 featured a longer stay on the Moon, extensive scientific exploration, and the use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. After this mission, no humans have returned to the Moon, marking the end of the Apollo lunar exploration era.
After the lunar landing of Apollo 11 in 1969, nine more lunar missions were planned. But in 1970, Apollo missions 18, 19, and 20 were cancelled. It is said that Apollo 18 was supposed land near the lunar south pole, which is shown in the movie.