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Today In History (December 14 1972) Eugene Cernan APOLLO17

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:22 pm
by AustrianPainter
TODAY IN HISTORY
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1972: American astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the eleventh — and, to date, the last — person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity of the Apollo 17 mission.

Re: Today In History (December 14 1972) Eugene Cernan APOLLO17

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:42 pm
by fluxmaster
To clarify, twelve men have walked on the moon. Eugene Cernan was the eleventh to walk on the moon but the twelfth and last to step off the moon.