RIP Eugene Cernan, The Last Man To Walk On The Moon, Dies Aged 82

[Bristle Hound]

'Astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died aged 82, NASA has announced.

He was the commander of Apollo 17 which went to the moon in December 1972.

Cernan was the 11th person to walk on the surface of the moon when he stepped from the lunar module “Challenger”.'

RIP

http://news.sky.com/story/eugene-cernan-the-last-man-to-walk-on-the-moon-dies-aged-82-10731702

 

[GSB]

That's a shame. He has always remained a very vocal advocate of the space program, making a better job of it than Aldrin. He also added a great deal of interest to the multitude of Apollo documentaries that were produced for the 20th, 30th & 40th anniversaries of Apollo 11. Shame he won't be around for the 50th.

Daniel Hugh Kelly made a decent job of playing him in Tom Hanks' mini series "From the Earth to the Moon", which itself was a really good series never aired on uk terrestrial tv.