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American
astronaut
Eugene Cernan
(born
March 14
, 1934), shown here on the surface of the
Moon
during the
Apollo 17
mission, the last time any human has set foot on it. In that final lunar landing mission, launched December 7, 1972, 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
extra-vehicular activity
. Prior to this, Cernan had also gone into space twice on the
Gemini 9A
and
Apollo 10
missions.
Photo:
Harrison Schmitt
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