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UFO files reveal Apollo 17 crew saw mysterious objects, lights during 1972 mission: "Looks like the Fourth of July"

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts tore a rover fender on the Moon; they rebuilt it with four spare maps, duct tape, and clamps, and the fix lasted through 9.1 km of driving

Discover how astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt repaired a torn fender on their lunar rover during the Apollo 17 ...
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Apollo 17 crew reported seeing mysterious objects and lights during 1972 mission, UFO files reveal

WASHINGTON, DC: The Pentagon has finally released the hotly anticipated and “never-before-seen” files relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, previously and more infamously known as unidentified ...
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In 1972, Apollo 17 carried five desert mice around the Moon: Each had cosmic-ray detectors implanted beneath its scalp to measure deep-space radiation

Apollo 17 launched from Kennedy Space Center on December 7, 1972, and returned to Earth on December 19 after almost 13 days. The mice stayed inside a sealed experimental container in the spacecraft's ...
Reuters

Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) ...
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Pictures: Apollo 17, the last mission in the Apollo program

Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first ...
Florida Today

Apollo 17 at 50: Last step, last words and long wait for lunar return

“As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come, but we believe not too long into the future, I'd like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's ...
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Apollo 17: Looking back at the last time the US landed on the moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 ...
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Apollo 17 Spacesuit

Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the moon. It was launched by a Saturn V rocket Dec. 7, 1972, carrying Commander Eugene Cernan, command module pilot Ron Evans and lunar module ...
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In 1972, Apollo 17 carried five desert mice around the moon: Each had cosmic-ray detectors implanted beneath its scalp to measure deep-space radiation

Five tiny pocket mice traveled around the Moon aboard Apollo 17 in 1972, carrying radiation detectors that were implanted beneath their scalps. The experiment was designed to track high-energy ...
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Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronauts reveals moon’s true age

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Lunar dust ...