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Eugene Cernan
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NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)
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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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 March 1934
- Died
- 16 January 2017
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The last man on the moon
- Last Man on the Moon
- Last Man On the Moon, The
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 79,996x
- Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds
· 1993 · cited 20,243x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
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Quotes
- “As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long into the future - I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus- Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.”
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Wikidata facts
- 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
- nickname
- Gene
- time in space
- 33975
- date of death
- 2017-01-16
- birth name
- Eugene Andrew Cernan
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Eugene Andrew Cernan (/ˈsɜːrnən/; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: 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. He was also a backup crew member of Gemini 12, Apollo 7, and Apollo 14. During the Apollo 17 mission, he became the 11th person to walk on the Moon as well as the astronaut with the longest time spent walking on the Moon; he is also the last person to walk on the Moon as of 2026.