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the mission focused on sampling older lunar material
that might provide clues to the Moon’s origin.

The end of an era
Similarly, Apollo 17 focused on an extensive science
mission, this time focused on the Taurus-Littrow

Valley. Its crew of Gene Cernan, Ron Evans, and Jack
Schmitt included the only scientist ever to walk on the

Moon (Schmitt). Extensive exploration and collecting
netted a great collection of samples, and ultimately
the Apollo Moon rocks enabled planetary scientists

to understand that the Moon originated in a large
impact between Earth and a planetesimal early in
the history of the solar system.

On December 19, 1972, the crew of Apollo 17
splashed down. We have not been back to the Moon
since, in nearly 50 years. Will humans someday return,

and will politicians and the public return to caring
more about science, and funding it?

That remains to be seen. In late 1972, the Apollo
program had reached the end, and humans had
traveled to the Moon, at least for a half century,

for the last time.

Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space

Race, by David J. Eicher and Brian May, foreword by

Charlie Duke, afterword by Jim Lovell, presents the

story of the historic lunar landings and the events

that led up to them, told in text and 3D images.

Mission Moon 3-D contains new and unique

stereoscopic images of the Apollo Moon landings to

show what it was like to walk on the lunar surface.

The triumph of the Apollo 11 Moon landing takes

center stage, with detailed stories and visually

stunning images from the six lunar missions that

followed. In total, the book includes 150 stereo

photos of the Apollo missions and space race, the

largest group ever published, and presents photos

never seen before in stereo.

The book also delivers a comprehensive tale

of the space race. New stories appear from the

astronauts, including Lovell’s anecdotes about

the perilous return of Apollo 13.

Mission Moon 3-D

includes a history

of the social and

musical movements

of the ’ 6 0s and

beyond that trans-

formed the world,

from Vietnam and

Woodstock to Live

Aid. Don’t miss out on

this unique treasure.

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Astronomy Editor David J. Eicher is an author of

23 books on science and history. Brian May is an
astronomer, and founding member and guitarist
of the legendary rock band Queen.

This story is adapted from Mission Moon 3-D: A

New Perspective on the Space Race by David J.
Eicher and Brian May, foreword by Charlie Duke,
afterword by Jim Lovell, published October 30, 2018,

by London Stereoscopic Co. and MIT Press, Boston.

Above: Boulders

stand in the

foreground of

this view of the

southern rim of

Camelot Crater

on December 12,

1972. The North
      Massif lies in the
      background. The
      rocks were ejected
      by the impact that
      formed Camelot
      Crater, and their
      angular shapes
      and relative lack
      of dust coating
      are evidence of the
      crater’s young age,
      about 70 million
      to 80 million years.
      This stereo view
      was assembled
      from images made
      by Cernan for
      his panorama at
      Geology Station 5.
      NASA/JSC

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