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Cernan
[sur-nuhn]
noun
Eugene Andrew, 1934–2017, U.S. astronaut.
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Apollo 17's Eugene Cernan warned the dust would be "one of the most aggravating, restricting facets of lunar surface exploration."
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American astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt — on Dec. 14, 1972 via Apollo 17 — were the last humans to set foot on the moon, concluding the Apollo moon mission.
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Stafford’s next flight in 1966 was with Cernan on Gemini 9.
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Cernan’s spacewalk, connected to a jet-pack like device, didn’t go well.
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Cernan complained that the sun and machine made him extra hot and hurt his back.
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