NASA Apollo 17, December 7, 1972. View of the Earth. South Africa and Antarctica. Period chromogenic print on "A Kodak Paper" paper. NASA numbering 72-H-1629 and legend on the back. Image: 19 x 24 cm Leaf: 25.5 x 20.5 cm This is the last mission of the Apollo space program to bring men to the surface of the Moon. With this mission, the American Space Agency concludes the project launched in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.