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From Caltech to the Moon: Harrison Schmitt, One of the Last Humans to Walk on the Moon

In 1972, Caltech alumnus and former astronaut Harrison Schmitt (BS '57), the Apollo 17 mission’s lunar module pilot, became ...

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut John Young jumped into the air while saluting the flag, creating one of NASA’s most unusual photographs from the Moon

Apollo 16 commander John W. Young was captured in a remarkable moment, leaping while saluting the American flag on the lunar ...
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How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or “sat” – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the Moon affected ...
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Far above the Earth, NASA's Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE- In this image released by NASA, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., a lunar module pilot, stands on the lunar surface after the ...

First moon landing still amazes the world today, a powerful example of American exceptionalism

Man first stepped first on the moon with the historic NASA Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. The incredible feat of human ...
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Apollo 17 Spacesuit

Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission to land men on the moon. It was launched by a Saturn V rocket Dec. 7, 1972, carrying Commander Eugene Cernan, command module pilot Ron Evans and lunar module ...
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Earthrise: how the Apollo 8 astronauts gave every photographer on the planet an important lesson

A lack of planning left the astronauts scrambling the snap the iconic image in the nick of time – a monumental story we can ...