page_title: Gene Cernan
section_title: Apollo program
hierarchical_section_title: Gene Cernan / Biography / NASA career / Apollo program
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eugene Andrew Cernan im Apollo Mondlandemodul auf der Mondoberfläche nach dem dritten Außeneinsatz der Mission. Sein Raumanzug ist durch Mondstaub verschmutzt. English: Eugene Andrew Cernan in Apollo Lunar Module, is photographed inside the lunar module on the lunar surface following the third (EVA-3) of his mission. Note lunar dust on his suit. 中文: 尤金·塞尔南在登月舱里(阿波罗17号) Polski: Eugene Cernan w wnętrzu modułu księżycowego na powierzchni księżyca krótko po trzecim spacerze kosmicznym podczas jego misji. Zauważ pył księżycowy na jego skafandrze.
context_page_description: 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. As he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he was the last person to walk on the Moon.
  Before becoming an astronaut, Cernan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and joined the U.S. Navy. After flight training, he received his naval aviator wings and served as a fighter pilot. In 1963 he received a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Achieving the rank of captain, he retired from the Navy in 1976.
  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. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions.
caption: Cernan in the LM after EVA 3 on Apollo 17
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