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Jun 6, 2024 · January 16, 2017, Houston, Texas (aged 82) Eugene Cernan (born March 14, 1934, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 16, 2017, Houston, Texas) was an American astronaut who, as commander of Apollo 17 (December 7–17, 1972), was the last person to walk on the Moon. Cernan graduated from Purdue University with a degree in electrical engineering ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan is lunar module pilot for Apollo 10, scheduled for launch from the nation’s spaceport on May 18. Cernan and Apollo 10 Commander Thomas P. Stafford are to detach the lunar module after the spacecraft enters lunar orbit and drop down to within 10 miles of the Moon’s pockmarked surface before rejoining John W. Young, command module pilot, orbiting the Moon in the ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon. He visited the moon's neighborhood twice, aboard Apollo 10 and Apollo 17, and also did a challenging spacewalk aboard Gemini 9. While he chose ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Gene, as he was known by so many, was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.” “Even at the age of 82, Gene was passionate about sharing his desire to see the continued human exploration of space and encouraged our nation’s leaders and young people to not let him remain the last man to walk on the Moon,” the family continued.
Jan 17, 2017 · Item 1 of 2 Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, stands next to a wall of photographs he made on the Apollo 17 mission, at the Museum of Natural History in New York, May ...
Jun 18, 2024 · On July 1, 1976, Captain Cernan retired after over 20 years with the U.S. Navy. He concurrently terminated his formal association with NASA. Captain Cernan was the second American to have walked in space having spanned the circumference of the world twice in a little more than 2-1/2 hours.
Gene Cernan. Gene Cernan (born 1934) was the commander of a manned mission that touched down on the moon's surface in December 1972. Harrison ("Jack") Schmitt accompanied him, becoming the first professional scientist to walk on the moon. Cernan and Schmitt lived for three days on the moon, using their small Lunar Module as a kind of tent on ...
