
50 Years Ago: Apollo 17 Lights Up the Night Sky on its Way to ... - NASA
2022年12月6日 · The sixth and final Apollo Moon landing mission began with the Dec. 7, 1972, launch of Apollo 17. In the first night launch of the American human spaceflight program, the giant Saturn V rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39A and lit up the sky at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
Saturn V - Wikipedia
The Saturn V[f] is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was powered by liquid fuel.
Apollo 17 - Wikipedia
Originally planned to launch on December 6, 1972, at 9:53 p.m. EST (2:53 a.m. on December 7 UTC), [65] Apollo 17 was the final crewed Saturn V launch, and the only one to occur at night. The launch was delayed by two hours and forty minutes due to an automatic cutoff in the launch sequencer at the T−30 second mark in the countdown.
A17FJ - Day 1: Launch and ascent to Earth orbit - NASA
2023年12月9日 · Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program, was the first nighttime lift-off of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft were astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander; astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Command Module Pilot; and scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot.
Apollo 17 | Overview & Facts | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
The Apollo 17 mission was the first nighttime Apollo launch. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida had been scheduled for the evening of December 6, 1972, but a technical malfunction resulted in a delay until 12:33 am the following day. The three-stage Saturn V rocket-powered launch vehicle took less than 12 minutes to reach Earth orbit.
Apollo 17 - National Air and Space Museum
1972年12月7日 · When the Apollo 17 astronauts lifted off from the Moon for the last time, it marked the end of lunar exploration by crewed missions in the 20th century. With the Apollo 17 Saturn V launch vehicle in the background, the crew is …
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Apollo 17 lifted off at 05:33:00 UT (12:33:00 a.m. EST) on 7 December 1972 after a 2 hour, 40 minute delay due to a malfunction of a launch sequencer. Launch was on Saturn V SA-512 from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and was the first nighttime launch of an Apollo.
NASA - Apollo 17 - Saturn V Rocket Launch - Space Launch …
1972年12月7日 · The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world’s tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Apollo 17 Launch - Science@NASA
2018年7月9日 · Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program, was the first nighttime liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft were astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander; astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot.
Saturn V | Apollo 17
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.