<P> Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA 's Apollo program . 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 , it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original purpose ; after Apollo 17 , extra Apollo spacecraft were used in the Skylab and Apollo -- Soyuz programs . </P>
<P> Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA 's Apollo program . 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 , it was the last use of Apollo hardware for its original purpose ; after Apollo 17 , extra Apollo spacecraft were used in the Skylab and Apollo -- Soyuz programs . </P>
when was the last time we sent someone to the moon
when was the last time we sent someone to the moon
December 7 , 1972
December 7 , 1972