The Vindicator

Valley historian reflects on Apollo 17 mission to moon

LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history ...
The EconomistOpinion

For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the ...
Yahoo

A tiny Apollo 17 moon rock is unlocking a secret lunar history

An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the ...
WTVD

Moon age is older than previously thought by 40 million years, Apollo 17 rock reveals

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 ...

Artemis II rocket mission to the moon: What you need to know

The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.
Time

Setting of the Moon: Apollo 17, Forty Years Later

Ron Evans fell sound asleep in the command module of Apollo 17 when he and his crewmates were waiting to take off. It wasn’t easy to doze off in an Apollo spacecraft, least of all when you’re ...

Oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96 as new moon astronauts share Apollo inspirations

As the oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96, the astronauts of Artemis II wish him happy birthday and talk about their ...