Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, reveal their secrets.

50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972.

Apollo 17 took the 11th and 12th people to the surface of the moon and marked the end of the Apollo program. By the time the mission launched, on Dec. 7, 1972, public interest in space exploration ...

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.

Fifty years ago this week, Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt blasted off to the moon on the final mission of the Apollo moon program, Apollo 17. By all accounts, they did not ...

Zircon crystals hidden within lunar dust samples collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 have revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed.

The last mission of the Apollo moon program was Apollo 17 that took astronauts Eugene "Gene" Cernan, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt and Ronald Evans to moon on a mission that launched Dec. 7, 1972 and ...

The Apollo 17 lunar lander module left behind by US astronauts on the moon’s surface could be causing moonquakes, or small tremors, a new study revealed.

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.

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and the crew stepped onto the moon Dec. 11.