The Apollo 17 landing site, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009 and 2011. To the left of Challenger’s descent stage (just right of center) are the astronauts' footpaths.

and indeed all of the Apollo landing sites, will need to be protected. “There was a move afoot to declare them a world heritage site, which is run through the U.N.,” says Launius.

My goal is to create a full-featured site that will allow the public to explore and experience the Apollo 17 mission in this way.” , when Feist launched Alpha v0.1 of the website. In December ...

during which the private company will land the first humans on the Moon since Apollo 17. Artemis 3 is expected to be a week-long mission to the South Pole. The final landing site won't be ...

"We leave as we came... with peace and hope for all mankind," Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan said as he took man's last steps on the moon. It's been 45 years since the launch of Apollo 17 ...

ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing - which happened on July 20, 1969 - eight of the 17 surviving Apollo astronauts gathered together for an early celebration at The Explorers ...