Cosmonaut / Astronaut
Eugene Cernan
Commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon. A veteran of Gemini 9A and Apollo 10, he was also the second American to walk in space.
- Born
- 14 Mar 1934
- Died
- 16 Jan 2017
- Spaceflights
- 2
- Time in space
- ≈ 20 days
Missions
Spaceflights
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for the Moon landing in May 1969. Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to about 15 km above the surface, while Young remained in the Command Module in lunar orbit.
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Apollo 17
NASA's final Apollo Moon landing. Cernan and Schmitt explored Taurus-Littrow for three days while Evans orbited alone; the mission returned the largest sample haul of the program.
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Timeline
Career at a glance
- 1934Born14 March 1934
- 1969Apollo 1018 May 1969
- 1972Apollo 177 December 1972
- 2017Died16 January 2017
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