Eugene Cernan

Eugene Cernan Юджин Сернан

USA

Eugene Cernan

(Eugene Andrew Cernan)

(Mar 14, 1934 - Jan 16, 2017)

Astronaut 27

Astronaut of the USA 16

EVA astronaut 3

EVA astronaut of the USA 2

Astronaut on the lunar orbit 4...6

Astronaut on the Moon 11

Spaceflights 3

EVAs 4

Spaceflights

No.	Launch	Orbiter	Duration
1st	Jun 03, 1966	Gemini 9	3 d 00 h 20 m 50 s (72 h 20 m 50 s)
2nd	May 18, 1969	Apollo 10 - Moon	8 d 0 h 3 m 23 s (192 h 3 m 23 s)
3rd	Dec 07, 1972	Apollo 17 - Moon	12 d 13 h 51 m 59 s (301 h 51 m 59 s)
Cumulative time:			23 d 14 h 16 m 12 s (566 h 16 m 12 s)

EVAs

No.	Date	Orbiter	Duration
1st	Jun 05, 1966	Gemini	2 h 7 m
2nd	Dec 11, 1972	Lunar module Challenger	7 h 12 m	EVA on the Moon
3rd	Dec 12, 1972	Lunar module Challenger	7 h 37 m	EVA on the Moon
4th	Dec 13, 1972	Lunar module Challenger	7 h 15 m	EVA on the Moon
Cumulative time:			24 h 11 m

The flight Apollo - 10 in May, 1969 became general rehearsal of landing on the Moon. Thomas Stafford (commander of crew), John Young and Eugen Cernan about 31 times have flown the Moon and steel by fourth , fifth and sixth astronauts achieved orbit of the Moon.
In November, 1972 Eugene Cernan as the commander of Apollo-17 together with Harrison Schmitt has landed on the Moon, where has carried out three day. Eugene Cernan is the 11th astronaut on a surface of the Moon.