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	Gene Cernan
		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.
		Gene Cernan is the author of The Last Man on the Moon, his memoirs of the Apollo program.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Gene_Cernan.html (83 words)

	Gene Cernan and Eagle Lander 3D
		Gene is widely known as one of the most approachable of the Apollo astronauts, and 32 years after his last spaceflight is still filled with unbridled enthusiasm for his experiences.
		Gene's first few approaches were a little rocky - understandable, because he was familiarizing himself with the instruments / scan while I was jabbering in his ear with all sorts of advice.
		Gene is probably one of the best of the Apollo astronauts at articulating the visceral sense of what it meant to stand on the moon, look back at the earth, and contemplate the effort and people that put him there.
	www.eaglelander3d.com /cernan.html (1438 words)

	Cernan
		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.
		While Cernan and Schmitt were exploring the lunar surface, Evans was conducting numerous scientific activities in the CSM in lunar orbit.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/cernan.htm (4800 words)

	Astronaut Autographs - Gene Cernan Autographs
		Gene Cernan can be clearly seen in the window of the LM ascent stage returning from three days on the moon.
		Gene Cernan test drives the LRV in a tight circle around the lander, kicking up moon dust as he turns.
		Gene Cernan signs an 16x20 or 8x10 of that bright night when the Saturn V embarked on the final lunar mission and lit up the Florida coast for hundreds of miles.
	www.spacetoys.com /products.php?cat=98 (309 words)

	Lunar Archive: Apollo 17
		Gene Cernan was the last man to walk on the Moon.
		This model of Gene Cernan illustrates the moment that Cernan wrote his daughter's intitials in the Moon's surface.
		Gene Cernan has written on the flag that it went with him to the surface of the Moon.
	lunararchive.blogspot.com /2005/06/apollo-17.html (764 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.
	www.genedorr.com /patches/Apollo/Ap17.html (845 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)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- Cernan recalls being last man on moon, rips space program
		The last man to walk on the moon, astronaut Gene Cernan, reminisced last night about the commitment it took from so many for the moonshots to succeed and said the nation needs a challenging space goal, including a return to the moon and Mars.
		Cernan commanded Apollo 17 when it went to the moon in December 1972, and he was the last astronaut to step off its surface and into the lunar module to lift off.
		Cernan recalled the "magnificent desolation" of being on the ashen lunar surface in sunlight surrounded by a sky of "massive. . .
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/20040514-9999-6m14cernan.html (571 words)

	Eugene Andrew Cernan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became "the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module during its third and final EVA.
		As Cernan got ready to climb the ladder he spoke these words, the last ever spoken by a man standing on the moon's surface: "As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.
		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/Gene_Cernan (562 words)

	Eugene Andrew Cernan Summary
		Gene Cernan (born 1934) was the commander of a manned mission that touched down on the moon's surface in December 1972.
		Cernan and Schmitt lived for three days on the moon, using their small Lunar Module as a kind of tent on the ultimate geologist's field trip, while their crewmate Ron Evans waited for their return in the orbiting Command Module.
		Cernan, the commander of the mission, flew to the lunar surface in the lunar module Challenger with geologist and lunar module pilot Harrison H. ("Jack") Schmitt.
	www.bookrags.com /Eugene_Andrew_Cernan (2204 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 (7764 words)

	Untitled Document
		Cernan subsequently served as backup pilot for Gemini 12 and as backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 7.
		Cernan's next assignment was backup spacecraft commander for Apollo 14.
		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.
	freespace.virgin.net /p.thompson/astronautbios/eugeneacernan.html (1029 words)

	CNN - Last man on the moon spins tale of guts, glory and loss - July 14, 1999
		Cernan did not have the benefit of all the handholds and foot restraints today's spacewalkers rely upon.
		It was Cernan's first spaceflight, and when he returned to Houston, he admits he worried that he had failed a hazing to earn his stripes in the hyper-competitive astronaut office.
		That was the price Gene Cernan -- and many other astronauts of his generation -- paid for their amazing adventure.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9907/14/downlinks/index.html (799 words)

	Airport Journals
		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.
		Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, shares a light moment with good friend and fellow aviator Barron Hilton, on one of Cernan’s past trips to Hilton’s Flying M Ranch.
		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 (9110 words)

	Space Mission Patches - Apollo 10 Patch
		The patch was basically designed by the crew, primarily Young and Cernan, with a great deal of help from the artists at North American Rockwell.
		Stafford and Cernan flew together on Gemini 9A, and the patch for that flight is strikingly similar to this one.
		Both patches are in the shape of a shield, and the dominent design elements are the spacecraft and the mission objectives, with the mission number of the flight represented as a large Roman numeral in the middle of the design.
	www.genedorr.com /patches/Apollo/Ap10.html (302 words)

	Astronaut Autographs, Apollo astronaut autographs, NASA astronaut autographs, astronaut autographs, astronaut autographs
		This full color photograph of Gene Cernan in the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley has been created from the NASA archive negative and is personally hand-signed by Gene Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 mission and the Lunar Landing Module Challenger.
		Astronaut Gene Cernan became the eleventh human to set foot on the moon and the last Man to leave the lunar surface.
		Gene Cernan has personally hand-signed the photograph in silver ink and has also inscripted the photograph with the Apollo flight number, "Apollo XVII".
	www.premierespace.com /cernan.html (144 words)

	Captain Eugene A. Cernan
		A veteran of three space flights, Gene served as pilot with Tom Stafford on Gemini-IX and was the second American to walk in space, the first being Ed White.
		Gene has said many times, that the reason he reached the moon, was because of the sacrifice of his friends Roger and Ed and Gus.
		Gene 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.
	www.iserv.net /~chaffee/ch04009.htm (838 words)

	Amazon.com: The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space: Books: Gene Cernan,Donald A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cernan candidly depicts the reckless streak that twice led to needless injuries jeopardizing his spot on a mission.
		Cernan and many other astronauts suffered through the sorrows of divorce because of the immense time away, and training that NASA expected of their heros.
		Cernan was one of the more personable and gregarious astronauts, who clearly enjoyed the social perks that came with the job, and it's this mixture of cocky determination and laid-back charm that make his autobiography a gripping read.
	www.amazon.com /Last-Man-Moon-Astronaut-Americas/dp/0312199066 (3277 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 (349 words)

	Key Speakers Bureau Inc.
		Captain Eugene Cernan was the second American to walk in space and the last man to have left his footprints on the moon.
		Eugene Cernan received a bachelors of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1956 and then went on to receive a master of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
		As a speaker, Cernan presents a host of entertaining and informative programs about his missions, personal and professional excellence, and the future of space travel.
	www.keyspeakers.com /bio.php?id=1452 (589 words)

	Gene Cernan
		A former Navy attack pilot and retired American astronaut and businessman, Gene Cernan holds the distinction of being the last human being to have walked the lunar surface (1972).
		Cernan is also remembered for his assistance in the planning, development, and evaluation of the joint U.S./U.S.S.R. Apollo-Soyuz mission.
		Cernan has received a number of honors and awards including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and induction into the U.S. Space Hall of Fame.
	www.nndb.com /people/792/000023723 (304 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.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/eugene_cernan_chat.html (2326 words)

	Reno Air Racing Foundation
		The Reno Air Racing Foundation was honored by the presence of Apollo Astronaut Gene Cernan at its first annual fundraising dinner, held in during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show on Saturday 18 September 2004 at the Reno Hilton Hotel.
		Eugene A. Cernan, Capt. USN [ret.] was one of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963, and flew as pilot of the Gemini IX crew along with command pilot Tom Stafford.
		He is one of three men to have flown to the moon twice, and as commander of the final Apollo mission to the moon, has the distinction of being the last human to have left his footprints on its surface.
	www.rarf.org /dinner2004.php (811 words)

	Doug's Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gene was on a total of three Space Missions: Gemini-IX-A, Apollo-10 and Apollo 17.
		It appears that Gene was snubbed by Mission Control during the flight- i.e.
		Gene ranks 24th on the list of total number of hours in space by an Astronaut.
	www.in.net /~ddusseau/gene.html (277 words)

	Hour 25 - Previous Shows - January 2004
		In 1972 Gene Cernan commanded the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon and became, as he hates to say, "The Last Man on the Moon".
		Gene Cernan exuberantly leaps into the air and salutes the flag while on the last Lunar expedition of the Apollo program.
		Gene Cernan might currently be 'the last man on the Moon', but that is a title he would gladly give up.
	www.hour25online.com /Hour25_Previous_Shows_2004-01.html (4719 words)

	NASA :: Gene Cernan Awarded Ambassador of Exploration Honor
		Cernan, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, left his mark on the history of exploration by flying three times in space, twice to the moon.
		Cernan and crewmate Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt completed three highly successful excursions to the nearby craters and the Taurus-Littrow mountains, making the moon their home for more than three days.
		On July 1, 1976, Cernan retired from the Navy after 20 years and ended his NASA career.
	sev.prnewswire.com /aerospace-defense/20050513/DCTH01412052005-1.html (737 words)

	The Space Review: The Gene and Jack show
		Gene Cernan, Jan Evans (widow of Ron Evans), and Harrison Schmitt at the National Air and Space Museum on March 18.
		Cernan and Schmitt spent a good deal of time fielding a variety of questions from the audience.
		While Cernan and Schmitt took different approaches to their talks, in the end they ended up converging on the same point: the Apollo produced a dramatic change in themselves and in humanity that no one realized anticipated at the time and whose repercussions persist to this day.
	www.thespacereview.com /article/11/1 (671 words)

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