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Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) made the following statement after hearing of the passing of Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Gemini and Apollo era astronaut and the last person to walk on the Moon. ...

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," has died. He was 82. NASA announced Cernan died ...

Apollo 17 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Dec. 7, 1972. This historic lunar mission serves as the most recent moon landing and was the first time a trained geologist walked on the moon, per ...

HOUSTON -- Funeral services are today for former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to have walked on the moon. Cernan's family says the funeral will be at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston ...

(WSPA) – The last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan has died, according to NASA. NASA tweeted out the sad message this afternoon. Cernan was a Captain in the U.S. Navy and flew three times in space ...

Teenage Spaceflight Will Inspire Youth Into Math, Science and Engineering Careers to Become the New Aerospace Pioneers To inspire the next generation of American aerospace leaders and respark youth ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Eugene Cernan was an Astronaut for Apollo Program in NASA with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997 Forum. The year with the highest ...

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday in Texas following ongoing heath issues, his ...

REUTERS - Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon - an experience that he said made him "belong to the universe," died on Monday at the age of 82, the U.S. space agency said. Cernan, who ...