Apollo 17 investigate the possibility of relatively new volcanic activity in the same area. Cernan, Evans, and Schmitt returned to Earth on December 19 after a 12-day mission. Apollo 17 is the most recent manned Moon landing and the most recent time humans travelled beyond low Earth orbit. It was also the first mission to have no one on board who had been a test pilot; X-15 test pilot Joe Engle lost the lunar module pilot assignment to Schmitt, a geologist. The mission broke several records: the longest moon landing, longest total extravehicular activities (moonwalks), largest lunar sample, and longest time in
John Young (astronaut) spacecraft for their tenth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station would be named S.S. "John Young". In the 1995 film, "Apollo 13", Young was played by Ben Marley. In the 1998 HBO miniseries, "From the Earth to the Moon", he was played by John Posey. Young is one of the astronauts featured in the documentary film and book, "In the Shadow of the Moon"; the Discovery Channel series, ""; and the documentary film, "The Wonder of It All". John Young (astronaut) John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and