Following the launch, the craft’s journey to the Moon ... While this is obviously not a small sum, it’s a fraction of the cost of the Apollo 17 mission which cost NASA a whopping $450 million ...
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Furthermore, the Apollo 17 flag planted in December 1972, the program's last moon mission, was uniquely noteworthy; that flag had been displayed in the Mission Operations Control Room during the ...
But I did watch the Apollo 17 launch live on TV, and as I mentioned in the earliest memories thread, it was my earliest vivid memory, and it had a major effect on my life.
CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts died only 218 feet off the ground Friday night in a blazing explosion inside their space capsule atop its launch pad. An electrical spark ...