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Eugene A. Cernan on the last human mission on the moon’s surface, in December 1972.
Harrison H. Schmitt/NASA; thumbnail, NASA, 1972
Eugene Cernan
Died on January 16, 2017 at age 82
Mr. Cernan was an astronaut who rocketed into space three times, led the Apollo 17 lunar-landing mission in 1972 and became the last human to walk on the moon.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.