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Apollo 17 was the last lunar landing mission.

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Apollo 17 was the last lunar landing mission. Three extravehicular activities, or EVAs, lasted a total of 22 hours, four minutes on the lunar surface.

See the fact file below for more information on the Apollo 17 or alternatively, you can download our 22-page Apollo 17 worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.

Key Facts & Information

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • The Apollo Missions originated from the desire of humans to reach the cosmos, beginning with the Earth’s nearest neighbor, the Moon.
  • Project Apollo’s goals included:
    • Establishing the technology to meet other national interests in space.
    • Achieving prominence in space for the United States.
    • Carrying out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon.
    • Developing the human capability to work in the lunar environment.
  • Apollo was a three-part spacecraft: the command module (CM), the service module (SM), and the lunar module (LM).
  • The program had 12 Apollo space missions and two test flights.
  • It was inspired by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961. He committed America to landing astronauts on the Moon by 1970.
  • Apollo 1,7,8,9 and 10 were tasked with the Earth and Lunar Orbital Missions while Apollo 11 to 17 were aimed for Lunar Landing Missions.
  • Apollo 1 crew: Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White, Roger B. Chaffee
  • Apollo 7 crew: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, Walter Cunningham
  • Apollo 8 crew: Col. Frank Borman, Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr., Major William A. Anders
  • Apollo 9 crew: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweickart
  • Apollo 10 crew: Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young
  • Apollo 11 crew: Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin
  • Apollo 12 crew: Charles Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Alan L. Bean
  • Apollo 13 crew: Fred W. Haise, John L. Swigert, James A. Lovell, Jr.
  • Apollo 14 crew: Stuart A. Roosa, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell
  • Apollo 15 crew: David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden, James B. Irwin
  • Apollo 16 crew: Thomas K. Mattingly, John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Jr.
  • Apollo 17 crew: Harrison H. Schmitt, Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans

THE APOLLO 17 MISSION OBJECTIVES

  • Apollo 17 was the final Apollo J- type mission – meaning “Extensive scientific investigation of the Moon on the lunar surface and from the lunar orbit.”
  • The lunar landing site for Apollo 17 was the Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley area. This site was a location where rocks were collected by other Apollo missions.
  • The objectives of Apollo 17:
    • Geological surveying and sampling of materials on the surface features at Taurus-Littrow.
    • Deploying and activating surface experiments on the lunar surface for the long-term relay of data.
    • To conduct inflight experiments and photographic tasks during lunar orbit and transearth coast, including heat flow experiments, lunar seismic profiling, and lunar atmospheric composition experiments.

Apollo 17 Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the Apollo 17 across 22 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Apollo 17 worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Apollo 17 which was the last lunar landing mission. Three extravehicular activities, or EVAs, lasted a total of 22 hours, four minutes on the lunar surface.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

  • Apollo 17 Facts
  • The Crew
  • Job of Three
  • The Astronaut
  • Big News!
  • Truth About the Myths
  • Pictures of Space
  • Another Achievement
  • Future of the Space Program
  • Space Mission Emblems
  • My Space Knowledge

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