Saturn V | Apollo 17
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt & Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. The mission lasted for 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds during which time Cernan & Schmitt spent 3 days on lunar surface completing three moonwalks to collect lunar samples and install scientific instruments on the surface. Apollo 17 was the last time human beings have gone beyond Low Earth Orbit.
Apollo America CSM-114
Serial CSM-114
Launch Crew Count 3
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1972-12-07T05:33:00+0000
Crew
Gene Cernan
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1934-03-14
Deceased 2017-01-16
Status Deceased
Type Government
Ronald Evans
Command Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1933-11-10
Deceased 1990-04-07
Status Deceased
Type Government
Harrison Schmitt
Lunar Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1935-07-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Saturn V
Height 110.60 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 35100 kN
Diameter 10.10 Meters
Mass To LEO 140000 kg
Liftoff Mass 2970 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
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