Support WBUR50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going backNell GreenfieldboyceDecember 07, 2022 ShareApollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is covered in lunar dust after the mission's second moonwalk. On December 14, 1972, Cernan took his final steps on the moon and no one has been back since. (NASA/JSC)