Apollo 17 Apollo 17 Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original purpose; after Apollo 17, extra Apollo spacecraft were used in the Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz programs. Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. It was a "J-type mission" which included three
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