Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA ...

Apollo 17, the last of the missions to land men on the moon, began 40 years ago today with the dawning of a man-made sun. Lifting off just after midnight on Dec. 7, 1972, the Apollo 17 mission was ...

Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan is holding the lower corner of the American flag during the mission's first EVA, December 12, 1972. (Photograph by Harrison J. "Jack" Schmitt, NASA) ...

The Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is photographed near a large lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission — the last one that put humans on the moon. NPR takes a look at the mission and what it means for future travel to our lunar companion.

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was a private person. Therefore, when he spoke, it commanded attention. Here he ...

The last manned moon mission, Apollo 17, went to the Taurus-Littrow valley in December 1972. The Hollywood version of Apollo 18 was supposedly flown to investigate a spooky, ...

Apollo 17's Saturn V launch vehicle sits atop pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wikimedia Commons. Few moments in the Cold War were as unambiguously triumphant for the United States ...

A single grain of moon dust collected during Apollo 17 was analyzed atom by atom – and it contains iron, helium and water.

Apollo 17 lights the night: NASA's last lunar landing mission lifted off at 12:33 a.m. EST on Dec. 7, 1972, 40 years ago. NASA Apollo 17's legacy: more than just the last. Unlike being the first ...

This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more. CNN values your feedback 1.