Gene Cernan

Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 82

... body in the weightlessness of space. He became exhausted. His visor fogged up and he barely had the strength to get back into the capsule and close the hatch. "Fate played another trick because I might not have come home from that flight. We didn't know much about what we're doing [yet].". Dreaming big and working hard were two things Cernan always did. He grew up in Chicago. Neither of his parents went to college, but he earned several degrees in engineering. Retired astronaut Gene Cernan accepts an award from AARP in February 2016 for his documentary film, Last Man on the Moon. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP hide caption. toggle caption. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP. Retired astronaut Gene Cernan accepts an award from AARP in February 2016 for his documentary film, Last Man on the Moon. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP. Despite Cernan's technical background, his time on the moon and in space forever altered his life. Cernan said he gained a new perspective, because "when you leave the Earth, it's not only technologically different — it's philosophically different and it's spiritually different.". Many ...

Gene Cernan, Last Person To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 82

... as well as a spectacular Apollo XI spacesuit, a lunar rover and rare moon rock sample from NASA, that will be part of the visit on Saturday, April 28, 2007. (Photo by Kevin Casey/Wire Image for Omega Watches). Ben Bridge is proud to partner with Omega Watches, NASA and the Seattle Museum of Flight to bring to the city of Seattle personal appearances by Gemini and Apollo Mission astronauts Captain Gene Cernan and Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, as well as a spectacular Apollo XI spacesuit, a lunar rover and rare moon rock sample from NASA, that will be part of the visit on Saturday, April 28, 2007. (Photo by Kevin Casey/Wire Image for Omega Watches). Ben Bridge is proud to partner with Omega Watches, NASA and the Seattle Museum of Flight to bring to the city of Seattle personal appearances by Gemini and Apollo Mission astronauts Captain Gene Cernan and Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, as well as a spectacular Apollo XI spacesuit, a lunar rover and rare moon rock sample from ...

Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On Moon, Dead At 82

... a quarter of a million miles away into space and have to take time out to sleep and rest. I wished I could have stayed awake for 75 hours straight. I knew when I left I’d never have a chance to come back.”. Completing their third moon walk on Dec. 14, Schmitt returned to the lunar module and was followed by Cernan. “We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind,” Cernan said. He later acknowledged that he had grasped for words to leave behind, knowing how the world remembered Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” on stepping on the moon in 1969. Before heading home, Cernan said he drew the letters “TDC” — the initials of his then 9-year-old daughter, Teresa Dawn — with his finger on the dusty grey lunar surface. He said he imagined someone in the distant future would find “our lunar rover and our footprints and those initials and say, ’I wonder who was here? Some ancient civilization was here back in the 20 th century, and look at the funny marks they made.”’. Eugene A. Cernan was born in 1934 in Chicago and graduated from Indiana’s Purdue University in 1956 with a degree in electrical engineering. (Armstrong also was a ...

Dick Gautier, More Recent Notable Deaths

... died on Dec. 31, 2016, at his home in Pasadena, Calif., according to his agent. He was 84. Christopher, who was best known for his role as Father Mulcahy in "M*A*S*H," was diagnosed with cancer about 18 months ago, his agent said. (Credit: 20 th Century Fox Television). Debbie Reynolds. Actress Debbie Reynolds died on Dec. 28, 2016, just one day after the death of her daughter, "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher. Reynolds, best known for her starring roles in "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," was 84. Family sources initially reported that Reynolds suffered a stroke. (Credit: Getty Images / Ethan Miller). Carrie Fisher. "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60 on Dec. 27, 2016, five days after she had a heart attack while in-flight. "It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," family ...

Murió Gene Cernan, El Último Hombre Que Pisó La Luna

... en diciembre de 1972, la última misión lunar y uno de los vuelos finales del Apolo. Cuando Cernan salió del módulo lunar "Challenger" se convirtió en la undécima persona en caminar sobre la Luna, el piloto del módulo lunar, Jack Schmitt, fue el duodécimo. Eugene Cernan, el último hombre que piso la luna. Pero como comandante, Cernan fue el último en volver a entrar en el módulo lunar, dándole la designación de ser la última persona en caminar sobre la superficie lunar. Sus palabras no llegarían a ser tan famosas como la primera frase de Neil Armstrong pronunciada desde la Luna, sin embargo, el último adiós de Cernan fue casi tan poético. "El desafío de Estados Unidos de hoy ha forjado el destino del hombre del mañana", dijo Cernan. Gene Cerman. REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters. La historia del último aterrizaje lunar dirigido por él ha sido recogida en el documental "The Last Man on the Moon", "El último hombre en la luna", de 2007, donde el astronauta explica las sensaciones extraordinarias que experimentó mientras pisaba aquella superficie incomparable. Cernan había servido anteriormente como el piloto del módulo lunar del Apolo 10 y ...

Morto Gene Cernan, L’ultimo A Camminare Su Luna

... l’ultimo a camminare su Luna. Gene Cernan, l’ultimo a camminare su Luna. Addio a John Glenn, il senatore astronauta. Roma - Addio a Gene Cernan, l’ultimo uomo ad aver camminato sulla Luna. Lo afferma la Nasa con un tweet. Cernan, 82 anni, ha compiuto tre missioni nello spazio, l’ultima nel 1972 come comandante dell’Apollo 17. Eugene Cernan, astronauta Nasa dal 1963 al 1976, è deceduto questa sera. Avrebbe dovuto compiere 83 anni in marzo. Ed è un periodo poco felice per le grandi glorie tra gli astronauti NASA dell’epoca pionieristica: dopo la morte di John Glenn, primo americano in orbita, quella di Gene Cernan segna un altro momento di grande tristezza per l’astronautica americana. Gene Cernan era nato a Chicago il 14 marzo 1934. È stato un pilota collaudatore della Us Navy, e nel 1963 fu selezionato dalla NASA nei 14 astronauti piloti del Gruppo 3 dell’ente ...

Gene Cernan, The Last Person To Walk On The Moon, Dies Aged 82, Nasa Announces

... up near Chicago, retired from NASA and the Navy in 1976. As a civilian he helped start Air One airline, worked as an energy and aerospace consultant, served as chairman of an engineering company and was a space commentator for ABC News. In a 2007 interview for NASA's oral history program, Cernan recalled his final moments before climbing back in the lander. "Those steps up that ladder, they were tough to make," he said. "I didn't want to go up. I wanted to stay a while.". Early US space history fading. Early US space history is fading with the deaths of Cernan, John Glenn, the last of the Mercury 7 astronauts, and Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. But others survive, veterans of a time when Americans were glued to their television sets to watch their heroics, from fiery Saturn V launches to ocean splashdowns. More than half of the first 30 astronauts NASA hired have died. "There's going to come a time and it's probably going to be in the next decade or so when none of the moonwalkers are going to be left," said National Air and Space Museum associate director Roger Launius. "As this history ...