Saturn V delivered men to the Moon for the last time, in which NASA mission?
1972 in spaceflight 1972 saw humanity's last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century, Apollo 17. This was also the final flight of the Saturn V rocket, and its only night launch.
STS-70 STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle "Discovery", and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 13 July 1995, only six days after the landing of sister ship "Atlantis", marking the fastest turnaround between flights in the history of the program.