Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
The Last Moon Shot
Explanation:
In 1865 Jules Verne predicted the invention of a space capsule that could carry people. In his science fiction story "From the Earth to the Moon" [ ftp://ftp.cdrom.com…], he outlined his vision of constructing a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a "Projectile-Vehicle" carrying three adventurers to the Moon. Over 100 years later, NASA, guided by Wernher Von Braun [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]'s vision, produced the Saturn V rocket [ http://pscinfo.pscn…]. This rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] turned Verne's fiction into fact, launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon. Pictured above is the last moon shot, Apollo 17 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…], awaiting a night launch in December of 1972. Spot lights play on the rocket and launch pad while the full Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] looms in the background. Humans have not walked on the lunar surface since. [ http://ees5-www.lan…] Should we return to the Moon? [ http://www.ari.net/…]

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Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], The Apollo Program [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…]
facet_when:
1865
facet_when:
1972
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Jules Verne
facet_what:
Apollo 17
facet_what:
moon
facet_when_year:
1972
facet_when_year:
1865
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap950909

The Last Moon Shot
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