Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 was 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Cernan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy · 2007
- honorary doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava · 2004
- Washington Award · 2003
- National Aviation Hall of Fame · 2000
- Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross · 1994
Show all 11 awards →
- honorary doctor of Comenius University · 1994
- International Space Hall of Fame · 1982
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal · 1973
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal · 1969
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Filmography5 titles
For All Mankind
Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project
Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon
The Last Man on the Moon
The Wonder of It All