Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan, 1934-2017
Monday, January 16, 2017 18:48
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Eugene Cernan, the “last man on the moon,” died on Monday (Jan. 16) at the age of 82. Chosen by NASA to be an astronaut in 1963, Cernan launched on three missions, two of them to the moon. As pilot of Gemini 9, Cernan became the second American to walk in space in 1966. Three years later, he lifted off on Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for the first moon landing. In 1972, Cernan became the last person (to date) to step foot off the moon as commander of the Apollo 17 mission.
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