Astronaut Eugene Cernan (Eugene Cernan), the last of vysazhivaetsya on the moon, died on 83-m to year of life. On Monday, January 16, according to the NASA website.
According to the American space Agency, he died in the family. The cause of death is not known.
the Captain of the U.S. Navy Eugene Cernin flew into space three times: in 1966, as co-pilot of the ship “Gemini-9A” in 1969 as a pilot “Apollo-10″, and in 1972 he was in command of the mission “Apollo 17″.
Sernin twice visited the moon and became the second American to enter the open space.
the Career of astronaut Cernan made after December 1972, took part in the recent landing on the moon.
In July 1976, Cernan resigned from the Navy after 20 years of service and finished his work at NASA. After that, he was a television commentator during broadcasts of space Shuttle flights.
the manned space Program “Apollo” was created for the first manned landing on the moon. From 1968 to 1975 was sent 15 comic ships with crews (a total of 38 astronauts). The project managed to make six successful human landings on the surface of the satellite.
February 2, 2016 in West palm beach (Florida, USA) died 85-year-old Edgar Mitchell, the sixth astronaut to walk on the moon (1971).
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