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Apollo 18: the lost Apollo missions

Posted by / May 31, 2012

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On Dec. 14, 1972, two astronauts of Apollo 17 left behind a plaque in the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley that read in part: “Here Man completed his first explorations of the moon.”

What’s little known is that there were several planned moon flights after Apollo 17. They never happened. That is, except in the imagination of Hollywood producers. Filmmakers have now crafted a “Blair Witch Project” meets “Apollo 13” spooky movie called “Apollo 18.”

Full story at Discovery News.

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