Apollo 17 was the last spacecraft of NASA’s Apollo mission. It was launched in December, 1972. Commanded by Eugene Cernan, the crew consisted of Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt.
Apollo 17 also carried out biological experiments on five mice- Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum and Phooey. These five mice travelled from the Earth along with the astronauts and circled the Moon 75 times! Radiation monitors were implanted under their scalp to see whether they would suffer any damage from cosmic rays. One of the mice died while the other four were either killed or dissected for further studies upon their return.
Cernan and Schmitt landed on the Moon, completed three moonwalks, and collected lunar samples that would give evidences of volcanic activity in lunar highlands.
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