Eugene Cernan, whose tribute to his daughter in the most recent moonwalk has ingrained him in pop culture, died Monday, according to NASA. He was 82. Cernan was profiled in the 2014 documentary The Last Man on the Moon.
Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in 1972 and the last crew member to re-enter the lunar module. Just before the module was set to leave, Cernan dropped to one knee and etched his daughter’s initials, “TDC,” on the moon’s surface.
Because the moon has no wind or atmosphere, it will likely remain there forever. The story became immortalized in a hit a song by No More Kings,...
Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in 1972 and the last crew member to re-enter the lunar module. Just before the module was set to leave, Cernan dropped to one knee and etched his daughter’s initials, “TDC,” on the moon’s surface.
Because the moon has no wind or atmosphere, it will likely remain there forever. The story became immortalized in a hit a song by No More Kings,...
- 1/16/2017
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