NASA confirmed Cernan’s death in a Houston hospital on its website and on social media. A statement from NASA said the agency was saddened by his death and added he left his mark on history by going ...

Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) made the following statement after hearing of the passing of Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Gemini and Apollo era astronaut and the last person to walk on the Moon. ...

There was no way Kevin Andel was going to miss this retirement party. Andel, 58, of Round Lake Beach, made the long drive to Triton College’s Cernan Earth and Space Center to say goodbye to an old ...

(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, ...

Folks, a reminder that this Friday, May 17, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, will speak at this year’s Kurt Debus Award Dinner sponsored by the National Space Club ...

Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82 of "ongoing health issues," his family confirmed. Cernan was one of 14 astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963. He left his ...

Apollo 17 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Dec. 7, 1972. This historic lunar mission serves as the most recent moon landing and was the first time a trained geologist walked on the moon, per ...

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," died on Monday in Texas following ongoing heath issues, his ...

Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday in Texas following ongoing heath issues, his ...