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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.
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,...
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.
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 Navy.
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...
Jun 4, 2021 · On June 5, 1966—fifty-five years ago—Eugene Cernan became the third person to walk in space. His spacewalk took place a year and two days after fellow astronaut Ed White had gone outside the spacecraft on Gemini IV for the first American spacewalk.
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...
