
Career record
Flights
4
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
11d
Career EVA time
1d
Spacewalks
1
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Apollo LM | Apollo 17 — Commander · Success · December 14, 1972 · 22:54 UTC
- Saturn V | Apollo 17 — Commander · Success · December 7, 1972
- Saturn V | Apollo 10 — Lunar Module Pilot · Success · May 18, 1969
- Titan II GLV | Gemini IX-A — Pilot · Success · June 3, 1966
Spacewalks
- Apollo 17 EVA 2 — 1972-12-12 · 7h 36m
Born 1934-03-14 · died 2017-01-16