Researchers open lunar time capsule from Apollo 17 mission | HeritageDaily

Scientists from NASA have opened a lunar time capsule from the Apollo 17 mission conducted in 1972.

The Apollo mission was the final mission of NASA’s Apollo program, in which Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon. The primary goals of the mission were to sample lunar highland material and to investigate evidence of the last volcanic activity on the lunar surface.

The mission was the last crewed visit to the moon that broke several records for crewed spaceflight, including the longest crewed lunar landing mission, the greatest distance from…