posted 12-01-2022 05:10 PM               

Apollo 17 astronaut retraces steps on the moon at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Apollo 17 astronaut Dr. Harrison Schmitt will retrace his bootsteps on the moon in a special program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's INTUITIVE Planetarium, Wednesday, Dec. 7. Seats are extremely limited for this extraordinary experience as the geologist and astronaut revisits the areas of the Taurus-Littrow Valley he explored 50 years ago.

The Apollo 17 mission lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and Dr. Schmitt and Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan spent 75 hours on the lunar surface. Their three spacewalks totaled 22 hours, and the two remain the last two people to have walked on the moon so far. Cernan passed away in 2017, and Dr. Schmitt is one of only four astronauts to have walked on the moon who are still alive.

Dr. Schmitt has worked with INTUITIVE Planetarium Director David Weigel to create the program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the final Apollo mission to the moon. He will speak to photos he took on the lunar surface illuminated in stunning clarity on the planetarium's 67-foot dome.

Tickets for this exclusive event are $250. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres in the planetarium reception area. Proceeds will go to the completion of the Boeing Space Camp Operations Center currently under construction.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the rocket center's website.