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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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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 was the last person to have walked on the…
Known for
- Moon: The Battles of Space — Self - Astronaut (archive footage)2019
- On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime2019
- CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story — Self (Voice)2019
- The Last Man on the Moon — Himself2016
- The Last Steps — Himself2016
- Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project — Himself2014
- When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions — Self2008
- The Wonder of It All — himself2007
- In the Shadow of the Moon — Himself2007
- Apollo 17: Final Footprints On The Moon — Self2005
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 3
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Houston
- Educated at
- Purdue University
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Official website
- www.genecernan.com
- Image
- Cernan s71-51308.jpg
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- name in native language
- Eugene Cernan
- Commons category
- Eugene A. Cernan
- date of birth
- 1934-03-14
- P450
- Apollo 17
- nickname
- Gene
- time in space
- 33975
- date of death
- 2017-01-16
- place of burial
- Texas State Cemetery
- birth name
- Eugene Andrew Cernan
- member of the crew of
- Apollo 17
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