Saturday, 7. December 2002

It's been 30 years since we've been to the moon.
Apollo 17 marks 30th anniversary


The ultimate strangers in a strange land, travel-weary astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt huddled in their tiny Apollo 17 lunar lander, ate military-issue omelets, harmonized "good morning to you" and stumbled through a silly parody of The Night Before Christmas. The date was Dec. 14, 1972, the day America retreated from the moon.

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