“I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.” – Eugene Cernan (1934-2017)
To Do Today: “Support and encourage our leaders to utilize our financial, technological, and intellectual resources to enable citizens to chase their dreams and make America – and our world – great again.” – Friar Telly II
Eugene Cernan, Last Human to Walk on Moon, Dies at 82
Eugene A. Cernan, the commander of the Apollo 17 lunar-landing mission in 1972 and the last human to walk on the moon, died on Monday in Houston. He was 82.
His death was announced by NASA.
Read the full The New York Times obituary here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/us/eugene-cernan-death.html?_r=0