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Nov 9, 2021 · Each mission explored new areas of the lunar surface and left behind nuclear-powered scientific instruments that continued to send data back to Earth years after the last astronaut left the Moon. However, the Apollo program ended in December 1972 with Apollo 17. Why did we stop?
As the U.S.'s lunar landing program wound down, plans for its last three Apollo missions were canceled, leaving unused hardware and questions of what might have been. By Kenneth...
Several planned missions of the Apollo crewed Moon landing program of the 1960s and 1970s were canceled, for reasons which included changes in technical direction, the Apollo 1 fire, hardware delays, and budget limitations.
Apollo 11 was followed by six further trips to the Moon, five of which landed successfully. 12 men walked on the lunar surface in total. But in 1970 future Apollo missions were cancelled. Apollo 17 became the last crewed mission to the Moon, for an indefinite amount of time. The main reason for this was money.
Sep 2, 2011 · First, yes, NASA did plan an Apollo 18. After Apollo 17, NASA scheduled three more missions to the Moon—18, 19 and 20—but those were subsequently grounded. The truth about why, however, isn't...
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Jan 3, 2020 · The landing sites for future Apollo missions underwent many revisions in the subsequent months. As history records, later events affected this schedule. The accident as Apollo 13 traveled to the Moon cancelled that landing and delayed Apollo 14 until January 1971, with that flight landing at Fra Mauro, Apollo 13’s planned landing site.
Jul 19, 2019 · Facing budget cuts by the end of that pivotal year, 1970, NASA canceled the last three planned Apollo flights, leaving Apollo 15, 16, and 17 as the final moon landings concluding two years early, in 1972.
