Apollo 17 -- Final Crewed Mission to the Moon

Apollo 17, the sixth and final crewed Moon landing, launched on December 7, 1972, with Commander Eugene A. Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald E. Evans. Schmitt, a geologist, was the first scientist-astronaut to reach the lunar surface. The crew landed in the Taurus-Littrow valley and conducted three extravehicular activities totaling over 22 hours, collecting 110.5 kilograms of lunar samples. Cernan became the last person to walk on the Moon when he re-entered the Lunar Module on December 14, 1972. The mission set records for longest lunar landing flight, longest total lunar surface extravehicular activities, and largest lunar sample return.