photo Gene Cernan
First name and last name Gene Cernan
Date of birth 14.03.1934
Date of death 16.01.2017
Nationality American
Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Status Dead
Type of astronaut Government agency
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Cernan

Additional information Gene Cernan

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 is 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.