Ronald Evans

Official insignia (mission patch) of Apollo 17, designed by Robert McCall, depicting Apollo (the Greek sun god) with an American eagle and the Moon.

Command module pilot of Apollo 17. He orbited the Moon alone in the command module America for over three days and performed a deep-space EVA on the return journey to retrieve film cassettes.

NationalityUSA

Born10 November 1933

Died7 April 1990

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Apollo 177 December 1972

NASA's final Apollo Moon landing. Cernan and Schmitt explored Taurus-Littrow for three days while Evans orbited alone; the mission returned the largest sample haul of the program.open article →

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Apollo 17Apollo 17 (December 1972) was NASA's final crewed Moon landing and remains, to date, humanity's most recent visit to the lunar surface. Commander Eugene Cernan and geologist Harrison Schmitt spent three days at Taurus-Littrow, while Ronald Evans orbited above.

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