Actually the US never went to the moon. It was just one big conspiracy. But history says that the last time there was a moon landing was on December 12, 1972.
2006-09-01 03:08:16
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answered by Joe K 6
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The last manned mission to have men walk on the moon was Apollo 17, which occurred in December 1972. It was the only mission to have a certified geologist aboard, perhaps making this the truest scientific mission of the Apollo Programme.
There were plans for a few other manned missions, but as the US had proved its point, they were scrapped due to budget cuts. The remaining Apollo capsules where used on three Skylab missions and the Apollo-Soyuz rendez-vous.
2006-09-01 11:05:17
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answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6
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At 9:28 p.m. (EST) on January 6, 1998, Lunar Prospector (LP) blasted off to the Moon aboard a Lockheed Martin solid-fuel, three-stage rocket called Athena II. It was successfully on its way to the Moon for a one-year, polar orbit, primary mission dedicated to globally mapping lunar resources, gravity, and magnetic fields, and even outgassing events. About 13 minutes after launch, the Athena II placed the Lunar Prospector payload into a "parking orbit" 115 miles above the Earth. Following a 42-minute coast in the parking orbit, ProspectorÃs Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) stage successfully completed a 64-second burn, releasing the spacecraft from Earth orbit and setting it on course to the Moon, a 105-hour coast. The official mission timeline began when the spacecraft switched on 56 minutes, 30 seconds after liftoff. Shortly after turning the vehicle on, mission controllers deployed the spacecraftÃs three extendible masts, or booms. Finally, the spacecraftÃs five instruments -- the gamma-ray spectrometer, alpha particle spectrometer, neutron spectrometer, magnetometer and electron reflectometer -- were turned on. On Sunday, January 11, at 7:20 a.m. (EST), Lunar Prospector was successfully captured into lunar orbit, and a few days later began its mission to globally map the Moon.
2006-09-01 10:11:12
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answered by uni-1 1
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The US goes to the moon several times a month. This is where cheese comes from.
2006-09-01 10:10:29
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answered by Wurm™ 6
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