December 19, 2022
On this date in 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down successfully in the Pacific Ocean. This flight carried Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald E. Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt, and it was the last Apollo flight to the Moon.
The Apollo 17 spacecraft returning to Earth safely on December 19, 1972. The astronauts aboard were the last humans to travel to the Moon as part of the Apollo program. Image credit: NASA.