The Last Moon Shot

Explanation: In 1865 Jules Verne predicted the invention of a space capsule that could carry people. In his science fiction story “From the Earth to the Moon” , he outlined his vision of a cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot a “Projectile-Vehicle” carrying three adventurers to the Moon . Over 100 years later, NASA , guided by Wernher Von Braun 's vision, produced the Saturn V rocket . From a spaceport in Florida , this rocket turned Verne's fiction into fact , launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronauts to walk on the Moon . Pictured is the last moon shot, Apollo 17 , awaiting its December 1972 night launch. Spotlights play on the rocket and launch pad at dusk. Humans have not walked on on the lunar surface since.