Eugene Cernan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eugene "Gene" Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut and engineer. He has been into space three times: 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. 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). (While crewmate Harrison Schmitt was "the last man to arrive on the moon" as Cernan left the module first). Cernan was also a backup crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 missions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Cernan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born:

Mar 14, 1934 In Chicago, Illinois, United States

Movie/TV Credits:

5

First Appeared:

In the movie Target... Earth? 1980-07-28

Latest Project:

Movie The Last Man on the Moon 2016-02-26