Apollo 17: The Last Men on the Moon (Space Documentary) | Real Stories

The remarkable story of the determination and courage of a generation. A tribute to three brave astronauts and the thousands of men and women behind them during the final days of NASA's Apollo program.

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[msavage]

My father who is a airline pilot James Savage, had met Neil Armstrong when he flew him to I think Florida, months before his death in surgery. He will never forget

[no-bozos]

The tragedy of this program is how the lack of interest from the American public ended it. "Keeping up with the Kardasians" has held the public's interest longer than humans studying the moon.

It's a sad commentary on human curiosity.

[Zinj]

I wish I had words to describe this documentary and this mission. It is just pure science. Pure human exploration and discovery. They did a great job with the simple presentation and soft music here.

[robertjackiii]

This is the most incredible program I've ever watched... How this is not more recognized completely blows my mind...and its funny that the scientific aspects of the mission get dwarfed by the possibility of world peace that was in the minds of these incredible astronauts... I was eight weeks old when this mission happened, and all these years later, I can't believe that this program was scrapped after this mind-blowing mission...God bless those astronauts and everyone at NASA...had this program continued, I think it would be a much better world to live in today...

[TheJer]

They landed on December 11, 1973, my 9th birthday. I still remember it like it was yesterday, my father took me out in the front yard and we both looked up at the moon knowing there were 2 men on it, still gives me chills. R.I.P. Commander Eugene Cernan

[ZEZERBING]

Tell the world we found oil up there. Then see how fast we return.

[zapfanzapfan]

Nice to hear Jack Schmitt, I met him 10-15 years ago.

[Daniellelebelle]

31:46 send that as a promo to Duck Tape “Need to fix your fender on the Moon? Duck Tape!”

[rentechpad]

I have always thought the worst thing this country has ever became apathetic about is our space exploration. We should never have abandoned the Apollo missions when they did, and what bigger boost to our technology would have come from more missions. The fact that NASA has limped along since then simply playing about in near Earth orbit has not really gotten us very far. If JFK was alive today he would be shaking his head sadly at the fact that we had not yet at least orbited Mars and Venus and that our space technology has not had the national support it needed to truly thrive.

[adventuressurvivalinthailand]

Duct tape on the moon! Absolutely fixes everything...

[jaysnowden]

I was there as a 6 yr old w my family watching the launch live. It was late at night I remember mom waking me up to see the blast off. My first ever memory was Apollo 11 landing on the moon. Those were unique times for me. God bless these men and their families for they risked everything to make the impossible possible.

[paultrussy]

I was 10 at the time of the first Moon landing. I could not have been born at a better time to enjoy and be inspired by the Apollo missions. Seems like yesterday.

[nicholassmith]

I work at a retirement home in Scottsdale Arizona and Jan Evans the wife of Ronald Evans lives there and I speak with her often about her husband and the space race and all the things she experienced during this this time and It is truly an amazing to hear her side of the story and she has incredible pictures of from the mission and of her and many of the other astronauts and their families and it's truly an honor to speak with someone who was so close to all this, although Ronald passed away years ago, Mrs Evans is very kind I really enjoy hearing her side of everything even though she was only the wife of an astronaut it's so interesting to hear she handled it and how crazy that time was, 50 reporters at her house every day during the mission, this mission was so detailed and science oriented and such great footage, Mrs Evans doesn't usually talk about the missions and many people at my work dont even know her husband went to the moon, but i always let her know my generation will never forget how amazing this was and her husband was a hero, this was truly incredible

[chuckdavis]

I was a machinist mate on the U.S.S. the recovery. I was on throttles of #4 main engine..and gene Cernon came down to the engine room..and we had about a 10 minute chat....I asked him if their really were U F O'S....and he said ....Son...thats classified. and I can't talk about it...but I can tell you that....Were NOT GOT CHILLS...THE SHIPS PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK OUR PICTURE TOGETHER...and he left...but I'll never forget our conversation we a Hero he was...God Bless Gene Cernan

[AlwaysSweet]

💙💙💙 Thank you for posting this video!!! 💙💙💙💙

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6:05 Glad to hear old Asmongold's impressions on WoW's future

[jennyjenjen]

The true tragedy of this is the fact that you can hear each interview at full volume, but not the main documentary...irritating.

[carriewilson]

The big mistake was not bringing flex tape

[pjdave]

Its amazing to think about how short the time from the wright brothers to the Apollo landings was.

[thDIVTimberwolf]

We're losing these guys too quickly. All of the Mercury 7 are gone, as are Neil Armstrong, the entire Apollo 12 crew, Jack Swigert, John Young, Gene Cernan, James Irwin, Ronald Evans, and Edgar Mitchell are all gone. Heroes, to a man.