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(WSPA) – The last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan has died, according to NASA. NASA tweeted out the sad message this afternoon. Cernan was a Captain in the U.S. Navy and flew three times in space ...

Eugene Cernan, right, last man to walk on the moon, signs an autograph Saturday during a news conference before the National Aviatioin Hall of Fame 2003 Pioneers of Flight Homecoming gala. Behind him ...

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," has died. He was 82. NASA announced Cernan died ...

(Reuters) - Facts about retired U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, who died on Monday: * In addition to being one of 12 men to walk on the moon, Cernan was the third ...

REUTERS - Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon - an experience that he said made him "belong to the universe," died on Monday at the age of 82, the U.S. space agency said. Cernan, who ...