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Gene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, has died at 82
Jan 16, 2017
Brian Heater
On December 7, 1972, NASA’s Apollo 17 mission took off under the command of Gene Cernan. Four days later, the crew touched down on the lunar surface. It was Cernan’s third and final trip to space