The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Race in Space

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Author: Eugene Cernan

Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man’s last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17.Between those two historic event….Read More

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