American astronaut, naval aviator and electrical and aeronautical engineer. He flew three space missions, including Gemini 9A and Apollo 10, and commanded Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final crewed Moon landing of the Apollo program. He remained, as of the source's writing, the last person to have walked on the Moon.
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Gene Cernan was a NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 17 and was the last person to walk on the Moon.
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commanded Apollo 17
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January 16, 2017, Houston, Texas, U.S.
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/ˈsɜːrnən/
Missions Crewed: Apollo 17, Apollo 17
Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans Jr. and Harrison H. Schmitt served as the three crew members.
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Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 - January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
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Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: 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.
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Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: 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.
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After the spacecraft reached lunar orbit, astronaut John Young remained in the Command and Service Module (CSM) while astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan flew the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) to within 14.4 kilometers (7.8 nautical miles; 9 miles) of the lunar surface, the point at which powered descent for landing would begin on a landing mission.
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