Eugene Cernan

Eugene A. Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a former United States astronaut. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, when he became "the last man on the moon". He was also a reserve crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 missions.

Trivia

• Drew his daughter's initials TDC (Tracy Dawn Cernan) in the lunar regolith
• Motto: Take the word 'impossible' out of your dictionary
• There is a planetarium named in Captain Cernan's honor -- the Cernan Earth and Space Center on the campus of Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.
• The first (Armstrong) and last (Cernan) men to walk on the Moon were engineering graduates from Purdue University