Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. ['On This Day in Space' Video Series on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Apollo 17 astronauts were the last humans to set foot on the moon, and apparently the three crew members saw some very ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.

The Apollo 17 astronauts were the last humans to set foot on the moon, and apparently the three crew members saw some very interesting sights during the mission. While scouring the lunar surface for ...

Shaving was something of a job on all the Apollo missions because in Zero-G, water doesn't just run off the face. Flickr/NASA Photo/ Project Apollo Archive The last human to walk on the moon was ...