The Greatest Leap, part 6: After Apollo, NASA still searching for an encore

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And then it was all over.

After the drama of Apollo 13, the final four human missions to the Moon in 1971 and 1972 flew smoothly. With each successive, increasingly routine landing, astronauts made longer forays out onto the dusty lunar terrain and delved deeper into the scientific secrets hidden there.Apollo: The Greatest Leap

• The Greatest Leap, part 6: After Apollo, NASA still searching for an encore
• The Greatest Leap, part 5: Saving the crew of Apollo 13
• The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee
• The Greatest Leap, part 3: The triumph and near-tragedy of the first Moon landing
• The Greatest Leap, part 2: The 50/50 bet that won the Space Race for America

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