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Gene Cernan
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Gene Cernan

United States of AmericaDECEASEDGovernment1966–1972
3
FLIGHTS
SPACEFLIGHTS
82
YEARS
AGE AT PASSING

Gene Cernan is a former astronaut from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 3 spaceflights.

Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last person to have walked on the Moon.

Cernan traveled into space three times; as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions.

NationalityUnited States of America
BornMarch 14, 1934
DiedJanuary 16, 2017
AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
TypeGovernment
StatusDeceased
First FlightJune 3, 1966
Last FlightDecember 14, 1972