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Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of 12 people to fly to the Moon without landing.
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Apr 23, 2013 · Ron Evans was a NASA astronaut whose only trip in space was a milestone: participating in the last Apollo crew to head to the moon. Evans spent more time in lunar orbit than anyone else alive...
Apr 9, 1990 · Ronald E. Evans, the Apollo 17 astronaut who exclaimed ''Hot diggety dog!'' upon taking his first steps in space in December 1972, died of a heart attack in his sleep on Saturday at his home...
NASA EXPERIENCE: Captain Evans was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7 and Apollo 11 flights and as backup command module pilot for Apollo 14.
Dec 19, 2022 · On Dec. 19, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt, the first trained geologist to travel to the Moon, successfully ended their 13-day Moon landing mission with a splashdown in their Command Module (CM) America in the Pacific Ocean.
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Dec 15, 2022 · Three views of Apollo 17 astronaut Ronald E. Evans during his cislunar spacewalk. Left: Evans makes his way back to the Scientific Instrument Module bay. Middle: Evans returns with the Lunar Sounder film cassette.
Dec 7, 1972 · Ronald B. Evans, Command Module Pilot: Apollo 17 was Evans first and final mission in space. Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot: Apollo 17 was Schmitt's only mission to space, but he was also the first trained geologist to set foot on the Moon.
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