There they found a fumarole, an ancient vent for volcanic gases, and collected strange orange and red soil samples.On three rover excursions that took them 21 miles to craters, rock slides and mountain walls, and in 22 hours of moonwalks, they collected 250 pounds of rocks and soil to carry home and left experiments that delivered data for years. Copy to clipboard. Members of the original Astronaut Wives club gather for a historical tour of Half Moon Bay last week. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Crew member on Gemini 9 (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), and Apollo 17 (1972) missions. Now we’re down to two years.”  For the launch of Apollo 17, by sundown on Dec. 6, 1972, about 700,000 people had gathered to witness the historic launch. “We could go over to mission control and sit in on some of those times. 16 Jan 2017. As a result of NASA’s decision, the only manned space missions undertaken by the United States have been those to the International Space Station, and for those the United States remains wholly dependent on the Russian Soyuz program, although NASA is also currently working with SpaceX and other private companies to develop a commercial manned spaceflight capability that could be able to transport Americans to the ISS before Here’s a clip from The Last Man On The Moon, a documentary about Cernan and Apollo 17 that was released to critical acclaim in 2014:Very soon, we’ll be back to the point where no living human has walked on the moon.He wrote a fine book, also titled “The Last Man on the Moon”. It has evolved, just the whole communication.”Regardless of their experiences at NASA, the women continue to gather together to strengthen their bonds of friendship.“When we started doing this, we said that every five years, we would meet up again,” said Atchley. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.Your support is keeping our reporters on the ground so you and your neighbors can stay connected and informed, and we couldn't be more grateful. The eight-day Apollo 10 trip included a Cernan-Stafford descent in a lunar module to within eight nautical miles of the surface. If I could turn Earth gravity into one-sixth gravity, I would!

He is most remembered for Commander of Apollo 17 Mission to moon. You can look from the icebergs of the north to the snow-covered mountains of the pole at the south. Marriage: Spouse: Eugene Cernan. You're in sunlight, surrounded by the blackest black you can conceive in your mind.

Captain Cernan also set a career record of 566 hours in space, 73 of them on the moon’s surface.After Apollo 17, Captain Cernan helped develop the United States-Soviet project Apollo-Soyuz. About. “The first one we went to was at Jan Armstrong’s house.“There were probably about 28 or 30 of us. Gene Cernan Siblings. Mrs. Cernan was a flight attendant for Continental Airlines. …

Eugene Andrew Cernan was born in Chicago on March 14, 1934, to Andrew Cernan, a supervisor at a naval installation, and the former Rose Cihlar. Start a FameChain Add to my FameChain. "And then there's Gene's grandchildren, nine of them who … Once from Orbit (Apollo 10) and the second time landing (Apollo 17, which he commanded). Cernan's account of his final voyage is captured in his book The Last Man on the Moon (1999), co-authored with journalist Don Davis. He was 82.A ferocious competitor with a test pilot’s reckless streak, Mr. Cernan (pronounced SIR-nun) rocketed into space three times, was the second American to drift weightless around the world on a tether, went to the moon twice and shattered aerospace records on the Earth and the moon.He also slid down a banister on a visit to the White House and once crashed a helicopter in the Atlantic while chasing a dolphin. Eugene Andrew Cernan was born in Chicago on March 14th, 1934, to Andrew Cernan, a supervisor at a naval installation, and the former Rose Cihlar. Please purchase a subscription to read our premium content. Wednesday 14 Mar 1934. Barbara Jean Atchley was the wife of astronaut Eugene Cernan. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1960 and married on 6th May 1961. In 1987, he re- married and with Jan Cernan gained step-daughters, Kelly and Danielle. As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long into the future - I'd like to just [say] what I believe history will record - that America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. The women meet regularly to share their unusual bond. You hit a little pothole and you've got one wheel off the ground half the time. Lieutenant Cernan was next assigned to Attack Squadron 113 (VFA-113) at NAS Lemoore, California. John W. Young of the Navy in 1969, was Apollo 10, the final rehearsal for Apollo 11, which months later landed Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.