<Li> LRV: 463 pounds (210 kg) </Li> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> </P> Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), Evans Apollo program ← Apollo 16 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 days on the lunar surface, extended scientific capability, and the third Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). While Evans remained in lunar orbit in the Command / Service Module (CSM), Cernan and Schmitt spent just over three days on the moon in the Taurus--Littrow valley and completed three moonwalks, taking lunar samples and deploying scientific instruments . Evans took scientific measurements and photographs from orbit using a Scientific Instruments Module mounted in the Service Module . </P>

When was the last time we sent someone to the moon