Dec. 7, 1972: Apollo 17 launches

By the time Apollo 17 launched at on Dec. 7, 1972, NASA was already looking ahead. It was planning a first-ever joint mission with the USSR, preparing to launch the Skylab space station, and soliciting proposals from contractors for a new, reusable launch system dubbed the space shuttle. But even as public interest waned, ApolloContinue reading “Dec. 7, 1972: Apollo 17 launches”

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