Gene Cernan
Gene Cernan
Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan,, is a retired American naval officer and Naval Aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut. He launched into space three times: as Pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966, as Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as Commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apollo lunar landing...
book space accomplishment
Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.
moon firsts taurus
As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I'd like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible.
destiny space our-destiny
It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
moon men here-i-am
Here I am at the turn of the millennium and I'm still the last man to have walked on the moon, somewhat disappointing. It says more about what we have not done than about what we have done.
prime garage
Get the shuttle out of the garage. It's in its prime of its life. How could we just put it away?
moon men long
Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long.
moon surface made
Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me.
guy armstrong humans
Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I've ever known in my life.
thinking world records
I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.
home waiting mars
Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.
thinking mirrors ifs
If you begin to think you're something you're not, you're looking in the wrong mirror.
teacher artist space
We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space.
responsibility technology thinking
I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.
america space interesting
After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have sacrificed space exploration for space exploitation, which is interesting but scarcely visionary.