Fifty years ago today (Dec, 7) NASA launched Apollo 17 to the Moon marking the final flight of the ambitious space program that sent the first humans to the lunar surface about three years earlier. It also helped close the opening chapter in the storied history of Stennis Space Center, Miss., the nation’s largest propulsion test site that continues to test systems and engines to help NASA explore the universe for the benefit of all. As it had for each of the previous eight Apollo missions, Stennis teams tested both the first and second Saturn V stages that launched the Apollo 17 astronauts – Cmdr. Eugene Cernan, command module pilot Ron Evans, and lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt – in 1972. It was the only night launch of the Apollo Program. (Stennis 12/07/22) Stennis Flashback: Stennis Sets the Stage for Historic Apollo Mission | NASA
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