Apollo 17 Liftoff on December 7th, 1972

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A

The Apollo 17 space vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 39 A, at 12:33 EST Dec. 7th 1972.

Color photo by NASA

This vintage postcard is unused.

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Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. The astronaut crew was made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt.

Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket.