Apollo 17 Sample Scoop. Apollo 17, the sixth and last manned mission the Moon, with astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt on board, was launched on 17th December 1972. Schmitt, the twelfth man walk on the Moon, was also the first geologist set foot on the surface (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.