Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan has died

Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan has died at the age of 82. He became the last person to have walked on the Moon when he climbed up the ladder of the lunar module. He and Harrison Schmitt had spent three days on the Moon from Dec.11 to Dec. 14, 1972.

For more about Cernan, see:

Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan with American flag on the Moon, December 1972

A happy moment in the Apollo 17 mission when Cernan and Schmitt strolled on the Moon:

Here is a NASA documentary about the Apollo 17 mission:

Update: A new NASA video about Cernan:

Some thoughts on why we haven’t gotten back to the Moon since Cernan: The passing of Gene Cernan reminds us how far we haven’t come | Ars Technica.