The landing site will be in the lunar south pole region. Artemis III will be the first crewed landing on the moon since Apollo 17 landed in the Taurus-Littrow Valley in December 1972.

Stowed aboard the final three Apollo missions, the “moon buggy” experienced a mishap on the Apollo 17 landing that would have been a disaster if not for the inclusion of a decidedly analog ...

The moon rock was collected in 1972 during the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, by astronauts Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt, and Eugene Cernan—the last humans to set foot on the moon.