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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)
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Eugene Cernan was an American author and astronaut who spent a total of 33,975 minutes in space. Born on March 14, 1934, he passed away on January 16, 2017. His professional activities included writing, with records indicating he was the author of three works.
Among his published titles are *The last man on the moon*, *Last Man on the Moon*, and *Last Man On the Moon*. Crossref data lists five works associated with him. Cernan maintained an official website at genecernan.com. His biography is referenced by 419 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 3
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Houston
- Educated at
- Purdue University
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- 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
- P450
- Apollo 17
- nickname
- Gene
- time in space
- 33975
- date of death
- 2017-01-16
- place of burial
- Texas State Cemetery
- birth name
- Eugene Andrew Cernan
- member of the crew of
- Apollo 17
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eugene Cernan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.