Eugene Cernan
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Eugene Cernan was a NASA astronaut and fighter pilot who became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His accomplishments matter because they represent a significant chapter in human space exploration during the height of the Apollo program, when only a select few individuals achieved the feat of lunar exploration.
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- Born
- 14 March 1934
- Died
- 16 January 2017
- Works
- 3
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Eugene Andrew Cernan (/ˈsɜːrnən/; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
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. He was also a backup crew member of Gemini 12, Apollo 7, and Apollo 14. During the Apollo 17 mission, he became the 11th person to walk on the Moon as well as the astronaut with the longest time spent walking on the Moon; he is also the last person to walk on the Moon as of 2026.