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Feb 26, 2016 · The Last Man on the Moon: Directed by Mark Craig. With Eugene Cernan, Fred 'Baldy' Baldwin, Alan Bean, Barbara Butler. When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust.
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- Documentary, Adventure, Biography
- Mark Craig
- 2016-02-26
Jan 16, 2017 · Cernan flew on three missions: Gemini IX, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17. Apollo 17 was NASA’s last lunar mission. Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Jan. 16, 2017. Captain Cernan was one of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963.
- From Sea Cresting to Moon Cresting
- The Pilot's Way
- Initials in The Dust
- For All Mankind
- After Apollo
Cernan started his career as a basic flight trainee in the Navy, racking up hundreds of aircraft carrier landings and thousands of hours in the air on jet aircraft. His experience earned him a spot in NASA's astronaut corps in October 1963. His first spaceflight was Gemini 9, which had an ambitious agenda. Cernan was tasked to do one of the first A...
Cernan was eager to walk on the moon on Apollo 17, his next assignment; his previous mission had come so close. This time, he was ready to bring his spacecraft all the way – on pilot's terms, of course. "There's no way I'm going to go all the way to the moon, particularly for a second time, and let a computer land me on the moon. The arrogance of a...
Just before going back into the lunar module, Cernan drove the lunar rover roughly a mile away so that the video camera could photograph the takeoff the next day. Next, he knelt and etched his daughter Tracy's initials — T D C — into the dust, according to his autobiography, "The Last Man on the Moon." Years later, Cernan was looking at a painting ...
As Cernan prepared to climb up the lunar ladder for the last time, he paused and spoke these words: "As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomo...
Cernan recalled that he was tempted to fly on the shuttle, and he probably could have flown a couple of the early missions. But after being to the moon, he was not as inclined to do it. That's why he left the agency in 1976, he said. "You wouldn't get me up there to do that. Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough." Cernan...
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- Elizabeth Howell
Cernan's status as the last person to walk on the Moon means Purdue University is the alma mater of both the first person to walk on the Moon—Neil Armstrong—and the most recent. Cernan is one of only three astronauts to travel to the Moon on two occasions; the others being Jim Lovell and John Young.
DVD $21.49. Blu-ray $21.99. BUY BLU-RAY / DVD + BOOK. Join our mailing list. When Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan stepped off the moon in 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. Only now, forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story.
Feb 26, 2016 · The Last Man on the Moon takes a justifiably reverent look at a largely unexplored chapter in the history of American space exploration -- and a side of astronaut's lives that's rarely...
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When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. Now forty years later, he is ready to share his personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. 512 IMDb 7.4 1 h 36 min 2016. X-Ray 18+.
