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Eugene Andrew Cernan (/ ˈ s ɜːr n ə n /; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the 11th human being to walk on the Moon.
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 not to fly in the shuttle program, Cernan remained involved in... read more
May 1, 2023 · Cernan, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, left his mark on the history of exploration by flying three times in space, twice to the moon. He also holds the distinction of being the second American to walk in space and the last human to leave his footprints on the lunar surface.
Aug 6, 2014 · Captain Gene Cernan was the third man to walk in space, one of only three people to go to the Moon twice and the last man to leave a footprint on the lunar surface. The final words he...
Jan 16, 2017 · Gene Cernan was the commander of the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. US astronaut Gene Cernan - the last man to walk on the Moon - has died aged 82. America's space agency...
Jan 16, 2017 · Eugene “Gene” Cernan, a Gemini astronaut turned two-time Apollo explorer, has passed away at age 82. Cernan was first recruited to NASA in 1963 after previously serving in the...
Jan 17, 2017 · Former astronaut Gene Cernan, a Navy pilot and veteran of NASA’s pioneering Gemini program who was the second American to walk in space and then flew to the moon twice as an Apollo astronaut,...
Dec 13, 2012 · Forty years ago today, Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, climbed back up the ladder of his lunar module and took off from the moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley — thus ending America’s lunar...
Jan 16, 2017 · NASA reported that Gene Cernan died Monday at the age of 82, surrounded by his family. Gene Cernan flew in space three times, including twice to the moon. Cernan was big, brash and gregarious.
Jan 17, 2017 · (Reuters) - Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon - an experience that he said made him "belong to the universe," died on Monday at the age of 82, the U.S. space...
