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50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going back

Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is covered in lunar dust after the mission's second moonwalk. On December 14, 1972, Cernan took his final steps on the moon and no one has been back since. (NASA/JSC)

Protected inside a glass case are some precious boots. Technically called astronaut "overshoes," they seem perfectly preserved, almost pristine. But a closer look reveals bits of gray lunar dust embedded in the white fabric.

These overshoes made the last human footprints in that gray dust, almost a half-century ago.

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