Apolo 17, la última vez que el hombre pisó la superficie lunar

Video from the channel Telemadrid about Apollo 17, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:27. Language: Spanish. Video type: Documentary.

Explainer piece from a Telemadrid programme that, using a virtual set, walks through the Apollo 17 mission, the last in which a human being set foot on the Moon.

The mission launched from Cape Canaveral (Florida) at 12:33 a.m. on 7 December 1972, in the first night launch of a crewed American spaceflight. It lasted 12 days and was crewed by commander Eugene Cernan, who had already flown twice before, Ronald Evans and geologist Harrison Schmitt.

The astronauts spent more than three days on the lunar surface. The rover, already used on Apollo 15 and 16, covered more than 35 km over nearly five hours of driving, and among the findings was an unexpected orange soil linked to volcanic activity.