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	Apollo 17
		Astronaut Eugene Cernan prepares to mount ladder to lunar module ascent stage
		Astronaut Eugene Cernan walks toward LRV during EVA
		Astronauts Evans and Cernan aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft
	www.apolloexplorer.co.uk /photo/html/as17 (989 words)

	Eugene Cernan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cernan is one of only three men to voyage to the moon on two different occasions (the others being Jim Lovell and John Young), and one of only twelve men to walk on the moon.
		Cernan orbited the moon on Apollo 10, and landed on the moon on Apollo 17.
		Cernan Earth and Space Center, a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in River Grove, Illinois that is named in Captain Cernan's honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eugene_Cernan (512 words)

	Man on the Moon
		Cernan says the change from gravity on earth to zero gravity in the spacecraft to 1/6th gravity on the moon is not as rapid and abrupt as people think.
		Cernan, though he graduated in electrical engineering from the Purdue University and did his masters in aeronautical engineering from the U S Naval Postgraduate School, doesn't speak the 'tech-lingo'.
		Cernan is concerned that it's been almost 30 years since the last expedition to the moon.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/05space.htm (1109 words)

	News: Gene Cernan--Last Man On The Moon (August 5, 2003)
		Gene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to land on the Moon.
		Cernan said that it is vital to "inspire young people to reach out further than they thought they could reach before." "The inspiration of our young people is truly what the future is all about," he said.
		Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 10--In 1969, Cernan and commander Tom Stafford piloted a lunar lander to within 8 nautical miles of the surface of the Moon, in preparation for the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
	liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /news/2003/news-cernan.asp (713 words)

	Eugene Cernan & Don Davis: The Last Man on the Moon
		Cernan's feelings upon hearing of Chaffee, Grissom and White's deaths is only the first of several times that Cernan shows the holes in his armor as "invincible, invisible, and bulletproof." Fear continues to show throughout the novel, with Cernan admitting that he thanks God he lived through his history-making spacewalk during Gemini.
		The years since Cernan was actively involved in the US manned space program have definitely given him the distance to look back on them and report without having his words colored by all the emotions of being in a race with the Russians.
		Cernan is not afraid to criticize the agency, but he is always advocating a manned presence in space.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/cernan.html (535 words)

	BBC News \| BREAKFAST \| Apollo legacy
		Eugene Cernan was commander of the final moonshot, Apollo 17, some thirty years ago.
		Cernan hopes to re-ignite the interest of teenagers and children in space exploration, to regain some of the passion of the late sixties.
		Eugene Cernan made his third space flight as spacecraft commander of Apollo 17-- the last scheduled manned mission to the moon for the United States.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/breakfast/1986865.stm (370 words)

	Cernan Earth and Space Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cernan Earth and Space Center is a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in the Chicago suburb of River Grove.
		It is named for astronaut Eugene_Cernan, who flew aboard the Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and, as commander of Apollo 17, was the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the moon.
		The Cernan Center's 44-foot diameter dome theater is equipped with a Spitz 512 star projector, a C-360 35mm film projector, a laser projection system, a large format video projection system, a 2300 watt audio system and scores of slide and special effects projectors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cernan_Earth_and_Space_Center (202 words)

	Airport Journals
		Cernan was determined to make sure it was successful, and although 17 would be the last Apollo flight, he wanted to boost morale and confidence regarding the future of the space program.
		Cernan and Schmitt would land in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow, a deep, rugged valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, near the edge of the Sea of Serenity, at the northeastern edge of the moon.
		Cernan had been awed to hear that the brilliant visionary envied him, and realized that von Braun was living his dreams vicariously through their journeys into space.
	www.airportjournals.com /Display.cfm?varID=0509011 (7738 words)

	Astronauts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cernan was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 14, 1934.
		Cernan was selected as a member of the third group of astronauts in October 1963.
		After Gemini 9, Cernan served as backup pilot for Gemini 12; and, then, he and Stafford were joined by Gemini 3 and 10 veteran John Young as the backup crew for Apollo 7.
	www.tsgc.utexas.edu /images/people/inspace/cernan.html (366 words)

	Cernan
		Cernan subsequently served as backup pilot for Gemini 12 and as backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 7.
		Captain Cernan has logged 566 hours and 15 minutes in space -- of which more than 73 hours were spent on the surface of the moon and was the last man of Apollo to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon.
		Cernan began his EVA, which was to include flight with a USAF MMU rocket pack but the Gemini suit could not handle heat load of the astronaut's exertions.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/cernan.htm (4933 words)

	1999 National Championship Air Races - Eugene Cernan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Eugene A. Cernan walked in space from Gemini 9, orbited the moon on Apollo 10 and was the first man to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.
		Born in Chicago, Cernan was selected by NASA in 1963 after serving in the Navy with Attack Squadrons 26 and 113 at California's Miramar Naval Air Station.
		Cernan later acted as NASA's senior negotiator in direct discussions with the Soviets on Apollo-Soyuz, the 1975 joint American-Soviet space mission.
	www.nevadanet.com /airraces/eugenecernan.html (379 words)

	NOVA Online \| To the Moon \| Last Man on the Moon
		Eugene Cernan left the final bootprint that may ever appear on the surface of our dusty satellite.
		Yet Cernan has been heralded for far more than this milestone.
		Copyright 1999 by Eugene Cernan and Don Davis.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/tothemoon/lastman.html (1250 words)

	Airport Journals
		Eugene A. Cernan's story begins on March 14, 1934, in Chicago, when the second-generation American, of Czech and Slovak descent, was born to Andrew George and Rose Cernan.
		Cernan was reluctant to accept it, knowing that his family would be footing the rest of the bill, but at his father's insistence, he took the reserve scholarship.
		Cernan said the switches were just the beginning of an episode that "took on the mind-boggling confusion of the Abbott and Costello 'Who's on first?' routine." Shortly after that, Borman was scratched from Grissom's crew in favor of John Young, who had originally been Schirra's crewmate.
	www.airportjournals.com /Display.cfm?varID=0507004 (9084 words)

	Cernan, Eugene Andrew (1934-)
		Cernan received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a M.S. in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1964.
		He was a CapCom (Capsule Communicator) during the joint Gemini 7/Gemini 6A mission and became the pilot of Gemini 9 following the death of a prime crew member.
		Afterward he served as special assistant to the manager of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, before resigning from NASA and the Navy on Jul. 1, 1976, to become an executive of Coral Petroleum, Inc. of Houston, Texas.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/Cernan.html (212 words)

	Cernan Bio (95) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cernan was about to close one of the greatest chapters in the history of humanity.
		Eugene A. Cernan left his mark on history during three historic missions in space.
		Cernan's space exploration continued with the last scheduled US-manned mission to the moon 7 December 1972.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/95bios/cernan95.htm (527 words)

	CNN - Chatpage - Sci-Tech / Space
		Eugene Cernan: To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.
		Eugene Cernan: Building the ISS is not exploration of space, it is exploitation of a place we have already been.
		Eugene Cernan: It is easy to be on the outside looking in when you don't have to be responsible for what you've got to work with.
	edition.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/eugene_cernan_chat.html (2326 words)

	Space Mission Patches - Apollo 17 Patch
		Eugene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission, commissioned eminent space artist Robert McCall to design the patch for his flight.
		To see that on Gene Cernan's and Jack Schmitt's space suits when they were on the moon was such a privilege.
		By the way, Gene Cernan has all the sketches for his emblem--I gave them to him." According to Lattimer, the Stonehenge theme was suggested by Jack Schmitt.
	genedorr.com /patches/Apollo/Ap17.html (845 words)

	Space and beyond
		When Eugene Cernan was a young boy watching newsreels in the days of World War II, he had a dream.
		Eugene A. Cernan was in Mumbai as brand ambassador for Omega, the Swiss watch manufacturer that has been flight-qualified for all NASA manned space missions.
		Cernan also unveiled the Omega Space Exhibition, displaying the Lunar Rover that he drove on the moon, a space outfit that he wore during one of his missions and other crucial space equipment.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2001/06/04/stories/100444g4.htm (825 words)

	Apollo 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From December 7 to 19, 1972, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt flew on Apollo 17, the final lunar mission.
		Cernan and Schmitt landed in the Taurus Mountains, in the northeast part of the moon's face, on December 11.
		Cernan stands beside the lunar rover's antenna, which is pointed toward Earth (right).
	www.worldbook.com /features/apollo11/html/apollo_17.htm (204 words)

	Astronaut Eugene Cernan Omega ambassador
		In May of 1969, Cernan orbited the moon as part of the Apollo X mission and approached within 10 miles of its surface in the lunar lander, paving the way for the Apollo XI crew to make the first manned landing on the moon two months later.
		Cernan was also the pilot for the Gemini IX mission in 1966, when he became only the second American to walk in space.
		Cernan is an official Omega Ambassador and a devotee of the Omega Speedmaster Professional, the only watch to have ever been worn in space and on the surface of the Moon.
	www.europastar.com /europastar/search/search_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2037909 (712 words)

	Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Eugene A. Cernan
		Eugene A. Cernan walked in space on Gemini 9, orbited the moon on Apollo 10 and walked on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.
		The next day Cernan opened his hatch and stepped into space, moving to an equipment bay in the rear of the spacecraft where he was to have donned a rocket-powered astronaut maneuvering unit (AMU) which he was to test on the end of a 125-foot tether.
		Cernan later acted for the program manager as the senior U.S. negotiator in direct discussions with the Soviets on Apollo-Soyuz, the 1975 joint American-Soviet space mission.
	www.astronautscholarship.org /cernan.html (505 words)

	Eugene A. Cernan, Capt. USN (Ret.)
		The Cernan Earth and Space Center is named for astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, who flew aboard the Gemini 9, Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 space missions.
		Cernan received his wings in December 1957 and served as an attack pilot until he was accepted into the astronaut program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in October 1963.
		Cernan has served as technical consultant with the ABC Television Network in support of ABC News and Special Events programming, covering space and related documentary activities.
	www.afocr.org /directors/cernan.htm (545 words)

	SPACE.com -- American Astronaut Gene Cernan Escapes Helicopter Crash Without Injuries
		Cernan was traveling in a military helicopter that crashed Sunday afternoon during an emergency landing near Milevsko, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Prague, said Milan Repka, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry.
		Cernan was traveling aboard the helicopter with Vladimir Remek, the eastern European country's only cosmonaut.
		Cernan, born in Broadview, Illinois, was a Navy attack pilot who became an astronaut in 1963.
	www.space.com /news/cernan_helicopter_011028.html (262 words)

	SPACE.com -- Gene Cernan Takes a Look Back
		Eugene "Gene" Cernan has some experiences he wants to share with the public.
		Cernan's book The Last Man on the Moon (St. Martin's Press) is "very first-person," he says in an interview with space.com.
		Rather than focus on technology, he sought to explain what it felt like to be a member of the space program in the 1960s and 70s.
	www.space.com /news/cernan_book.html (301 words)

	Craters of the Moon NM & Preserve: Astronauts Visit Craters of the Moon
		On August 22, 1969, Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, Joe Engle, and Eugene Cernan landed at the airport in Arco.
		He was on the 3-man crew of Apollo 10 which flew around the moon and he piloted their lunar landing module over the moon's surface to scout a landing spot for Apollo 11.
		Cernan commanded Apollo 17 setting down his lunar landing module on the moon.
	www.nps.gov /crmo/astronauts.htm (586 words)

	Print Captain Eugene Cernan Biography -- AEI Speakers Bureau
		Captain Eugene A. Cernan is President and CEO of The Cernan Corporation and the Cernan Group, Inc., space-related technology and marketing consulting firms.
		Captain Eugene A. Cernan joined Digital Equipment Corporation in 1986 where he was an Executive Consultant-Aerospace and Government for the Government Systems Group organization.
		From 1976 to 1981, Cernan was the Executive Vice President, International and Director of Coral Petroleum, Inc. At the same time, Cernan continued his education at the Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University.
	www.aeispeakers.com /print.php?SpeakerID=1181 (464 words)

	Eugene A. Cernan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cernan was one of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October of 1963.
		Eugene Cernan served as pilot for the Gemini 9 mission.
		Cernan, who was the second American to walk in space, spent two hours and ten minutes outside the spacecraft in extravehicular activities, or EVA's.
	home.comcast.net /~bfmuldrake/cernan.html (1075 words)

	Welcome to the Lone Star Flight Museum!
		Eugene Cernan is the last man to leave his footprints on the moon.
		He was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 10 and Spacecraft Commander for Apollo 17--the final manned mission to the moon.
		Following his three space flights, Cernan assumed administrative duties for the Johnson Space Center until his retirement from both NASA and the United States Navy in 1976.
	www.lsfm.org /Bios/gene_cernan.html (175 words)

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