Apollo 17 wasn’t just about footprints and flags. Here the crew sets up instruments and sampling gear to read the Moon’s ancient crust, which preserves impacts and chemistry from over 4 billion years ago. With no air or oceans to erase it, the Moon holds the missing early chapters of Earth’s story. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo17 #LunarGeology #EarthHistory | SpaceEve

You’re watching the final Apollo crew raise the American flag on the Moon. Cernan and Schmitt work in one sixth gravity to steady the pole and salute it, leaving a symbol that has stood in Taurus–Littrow for more than fifty years. Follow @spaceeves #ApolloProgram #NASA #MoonExploration | SpaceEve