The Apollo 17 Flight Journal

David Woods and Ben Feist

Welcome to this 9 January 2026 release of the Apollo 17 Flight Journal, part of the Apollo Flight Journal series.

Like its companion, the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, it is intended to be a resource for all those interested in the Apollo program, whether in a passing or scholarly capacity.

This journal is a collaboration with Ben Feist as a parallel project to his interactive website, Apollo17.org, which covers the entire flight of Apollo 17 from launch to splashdown in an interactive audio-visual manner. As a living document, the A17FJ will continue to grow and evolve.

Journals for other Apollo flights are available at the AFJ Portal.

Travelling from the Earth to the Moon

In the Vicinity of the Moon

The Solo Mission of CSM America

Further chapters will appear here shortly.

For a real-time view of the mission, visit Apollo 17 in Real Time.

It is recommended that Apollo 17 in Real Time is viewed on Google Chrome. In time, transcript from Apollo 17 in Real Time will be brought into the Apollo 17 Flight Journal.

Correspondence regarding corrections, additions and typographic errors are welcome and should be sent to David Woods at

The corrected transcript, commentary, and other text incorporated in the Apollo Flight Journal is protected by copyright. No portion of the Journal may be reproduced or copied onto any medium (except as required by browsing software) without express permission from the authors. Specifically, the unauthorized creation of personal copies, or of copies for sale is prohibited. Unauthorized commercial use of the Apollo Flight Journal is prohibited; and the commercial use of the name or likeness of any of the astronauts without his express permission is prohibited.

The United States Government retains a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of the Apollo Flight Journal, or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.