Astronauts also trained in Sudbury a year later, for Apollo 17, for the final moon landing in December 1972. (CBC News/CBC Archives)Apollo 16 crew members John Young and Charles Duke, and Apollo 17 crew members Harrison (Jack) Schmitt and Gene Cernan came to Sudbury in the respective years. Astronauts got mock equipmentFor the Apollo 16 training session, Dence said, NASA decided to make Sudbury a mock traverse on the moon for the July 7-9 training. (CBC News/CBC Archives)The experience was different for the Apollo 17 training in the northern city because Schmitt was a trained geologist. According to Dence, there is talk of retracing the steps the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 astronauts took during their training in Sudbury.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2021 19:30 UTC