Apollo 17 was the final mission of the NASA's Apollo program. It was a J-type mission which included three days on lunar surface . Apollo 17 was the first night launch of U.S. Human spaceflight. 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. Apollo 17 is the most recent manned Moon landing and was the last time humans travelled beyond low Earth orbit.The mission broke several records: the longest moon landing, longest total extravehicular activities (moonwalks), largest lunar sample, and longest time in lunar orbit.