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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.6.103
Eugene "Gene" CernanUnited States, 1934 - 2017

U.S. Naval Aviator (1956-1976)

Pilot of Gemini 9A (1966)

Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 10 (1969)

Command Pilot of Apollo 17 (1972)

Deputy Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)

Executive Vice President of Coral Petroleum Inc. (1976 to 1981)

Founder of the Cernan Corporation (1981)

Chairman of Johnson Engineering Corporation (1994-2000)

Eugene "Gene" Cernan entered the United States Navy in 1956 and soon became a naval aviator. Cernan joined NASA's Apollo program as an astronaut in 1963, serving as a pilot for the Gemini 9A (1966), a lunar module pilot for the Apollo 17 (1969), and a command pilot for the Apollo 17 (1972). Cernan is regarded as the last man to have walked on the moon.

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