How or when the Apollo 17 rock went missing is not clear. It is encased in an acrylic ball that is attached to a wooden plaque with a miniature replica of the state flag and inscriptions.

When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon 55 years ago, he also collected lunar rocks and soil along the way to ...

How or when the Apollo 17 rock went missing is not clear. It is encased in an acrylic ball that is attached to a wooden plaque with a miniature replica of the state flag and inscriptions.

They unveiled a commemorative plaque at the base of Challenger and ... Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17. In a 2007 NASA oral history, Cernan reflected on those final moments on the lunar surface.

But it was Eugene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission, who took the final steps on the Moon before their departure 50 years ago today on December 16, 1972. He left behind a plaque that ...

A piece of space history has sold at auction for US$744,994 after the moondust-besmirched checklist Apollo 17 Commander Gene ... had made crib notes of the plaque affixed to the ladder of the ...

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