Apollo 17—like Apollos XV and XVI—left tire tracks ... Oh shoot!” commander Gene Cernan could be heard exclaiming on the air-to-ground loop. That was a problem because lunar dust is finer ...
Eugene Cernan left the final bootprint that may ... he journeyed into space three times, on Gemini 9, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17—but one of the most eloquent in describing his otherworldly ...
Fifty years ago today, Apollo ... 17 landing that would have been a disaster if not for the inclusion of a decidedly analog tool on the spacecraft: duct tape. “Ohhh you won’t believe it ...