Apollo 17

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United States' Apollo lunar landing program, and was the sixth landing of humans on the Moon. It was a "J-type mission," missions including three-day lunar surface stays, extended scientific capability, and the third Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). While astronaut Ronald Evans remained in lunar orbit above in the Command/Service Module (CSM), astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent just over three days on the lunar surface in the Taurus-Littrow valley, conducting three periods of extra-vehicular activity during which they collected lunar samples and deployed scientific instruments. Cernan, Evans, and Schmitt returned to Earth on December 19 after an approximately 12-day mission.