Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. It remains both the most recent manned moon landing and manned flight beyond low Earth orbit.
Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon because of budget cuts, shifting priorities within NASA, and waning public interest in space exploration. After completing the mission objectives set by the Apollo program, NASA decided to focus on other programs such as the development of the Space Shuttle.
That would be Alan B. Shepard, who was also the first American in space.
1972 was the last manned flight to the Moon.
The last "manned" moon landing was Apollo 17 on December 11, 1972.
The last manned flight was Apollo 17 in 1972 Other robotic probes have gone there including the first European ion drive rocket called Smart.
Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon because of budget cuts, shifting priorities within NASA, and waning public interest in space exploration. After completing the mission objectives set by the Apollo program, NASA decided to focus on other programs such as the development of the Space Shuttle.
The USSR or Russia. They had the first satellite, the first animal in space, the first manned space flight, and the first space walk. But we beat them to the moon.
That would be Alan B. Shepard, who was also the first American in space.
1972 was the last manned flight to the Moon.
You can say 8 years, from 1961 to 1969.
The last "manned" moon landing was Apollo 17 on December 11, 1972.
The last manned flight was Apollo 17 in 1972 Other robotic probes have gone there including the first European ion drive rocket called Smart.
The first manned lunar missions were under the Apollo program of the US space agency NASA. The flights to the Moon began with a circling of the Moon by Apollo 8 in December, 1968, and ended with the last manned landing on the Moon, Apollo 17, in December, 1972.
No. The only manned space missions have been to the Moon.
Apollo 17
Apollo 17, the last manned moon landing, was in December of 1972 and they were on the surface for 72 hours (22 hours of which were spent outside the LM on EVA)
The first manned flight was on April 12th 1961 with Yuri Gagarin. The first man landing on the Moon was on July 20th 1969. So it was a bit under 8 years.