Eugene Cernan

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 reentered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion he was the last person to have walked on the Moon Cernan traveled 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 the final Apollo lunar landing Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12 Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Cernan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia