Eugene Cernan
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Eugene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (born
March 14
,
1934
) is a retired
United States Navy
officer and a former
NASA
astronaut
of
Czech
and
Slovak
ancestry. He has been into space three times: as co-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
. In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became "the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the
Apollo Lunar Module
during its third and final
extra-vehicular activity
(EVA). He was also a backup crew member for the
Gemini 12
,
Apollo 7
and
Apollo 14
missions.
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