On December 14, 1972, the Apollo 17 Lunar Module, carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, lifted off from the lunar surface, marking the conclusion of the final human mission to the Moon. This departure signaled the end of the Apollo program's lunar landings, a record that has stood for over 50 years. Credit: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | History In Pictures

2K views · 2.1K reactions | Right after leaving Earth, Apollo 17’s Command and Service Module America flipped around to dock with the Lunar Module Challenger inside the Saturn upper stage. This sequence shows that approach and capture, the first step toward the last Apollo landing. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #MoonLanding #SpaceHistory | SpaceEve | Facebook

Apollo 17 LM Window Panorama with Mission Audio This pan was captured by the Apollo 17 Crew soon after landing, the right side from Schmitt's window and the left from Cernan's window, all of the frames were then stitched together by Moonpans.com to form a single pan. In this video the mission audio has been added when Cernan and Schmitt got their first look outside the windows | Moonpans.com