At this very moment 51 years ago today the crew of Apollo 17 were on exploring the surface of the moon. Here is an exquisite website that allows you to follow the journey of Apollo 17 as it happen in real-time. You can join the mission as it happen to the second at any point in the mission from launch to splashdown. Apollo 17 Last Mission to the Moon
46 years ago today Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were working hard on the moon. Check in now to relive the best real-time Last Mission to the Moon and click Now Join In Progress.
50 years ago today at this exact moment in time Ron Evans was conducting the heat flow experiment onboard Apollo 17.
Interesting to see how many references there are to watches in the complete transcript. 004:48:15 Evans What - what do you have? A zero in there? Hey, I lost my watch. Turn the AC OFF. Yes, AC is OFF. Whoops, what a beauty! What a beauty! Yes, the Earth. I can see the S-IVB it's going ... 0015:21:25 Schmitt There's plenty there. And I'll wait for your words on that. And the watch is wound. 118:29:57 Cernan I had two watches: one inside my suit which I kept on Houston time, and the other on the outside which we started - probably at 12 o'clock - when we started the EVA and could compare with the planned times in the checklists. The timeline was important, and we tried to stay with it.
I just looked up Evans and saw that he died of a heart attack in 1990. Didn't know that. Jim Irwin also died of a heart attack in 1991. Dave Scott said he thought Irwin's heart was overly taxed on the moon, as he wasn't able to get to his water for hours during their strenuous geological work. So many astronauts lived into their late 80s and 90s. Sad when some went so young, including Conrad.
51 Years ago today Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were exploring the Moon for the second day. At this very moment both men were tucked in tight sleeping in the LEM. Apollo 17 Last Mission to the Moon