Teenage Spaceflight Will Inspire Youth Into Math, Science and Engineering Careers to Become the New Aerospace Pioneers To inspire the next generation of American aerospace leaders and respark youth ...

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. In the ...

This print is of NASA Image #AS17-134-20380. Eugene A. Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17, salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission.

The isotopic ratio of sulfur-33 on the moon differs from that of Earth. Did the moon's sulfur instead come from the impactor ...

The researchers analyzed lunar samples that had remained unopened since they were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972. Using state-of-the-art techniques, they discovered a new exotic sulfur that ...

HOUSTON -- Funeral services are today for former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to have walked on the moon. Cernan's family says the funeral will be at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston ...

Forty years ago today, Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, climbed back up the ladder of his lunar module and took off from the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley — thus ending America’s lunar program.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, ...

This iconic image is that of the last and most famous photographic ritual of the Apollo missions: the “Salute to the American Flag”. It punctuates the last mission of the Apollo program and the period ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Eugene Cernan was an Astronaut for Apollo Program in NASA with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997 Forum. The year with the highest ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P ...