Gene Cernan: The last man to walk on Moon dies at 82

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Washington D.C/ 17 January 2017. Eugene Cernan, who was the last man to walk on Moon died Monday at the age of 82. 

Cernan's death was announced by Nasa in a tweet. 

In December 1972, Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 – the last lunar mission and one of the final Apollo flights. When Cernan stepped out from lunar module “Challenger” he became the 11th person to walk on the moon. His lunar module pilot, Jack Schmitt, was the 12th. But as commander, Cernan was the last to re-enter the lunar module, giving him the designation of being the last person to walk on the lunar surface.

Cernan's final goodbye to the moon was very much poetic.