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.

Although the historic Apollo 11 mission made do with a 2.5-hour walkabout on the lunar surface, Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17 each had their own lunar buggy to drive around the moon’s powdery ...

The last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving Vehicle for one last spin. Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon’s surface ...

Compact car The Lego Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - LRV set has one more hidden feature — just like the real moon buggy.

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission.

In all, the Apollo 17 crew spent 22 hours performing three “Extravehicular Activities” – moonwalks. Challenger carried a Lunar Roving Vehicle, commonly known as a “moon buggy”. With the ...

Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan driving the Moon buggy, December 11, 1972. Photo: NASA/Harrison Schmitt President Richard Nixon was ultimately responsible for downscaling NASA’s lunar ambitions.

The Apollo 15 lunar rover vehicle (LRV) was designed to fold into the lunar module, contrary to suggestions in posts online that the moon landings must have been faked because it would have been ...

The latest NASA tribute set is inspired by man's last visit to the moon and pays homage to multiple Apollo missions.