Last man on the moon Gene Cernan dies at 82

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Eugene Cernan the last man to walk on the moon as skipper of Apollo 17 in December 1972, has died at the age of 82 surrounded by his family.

We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon. https://t.co/Q9OSdRewI5pic.twitter.com/gPdFTnXF2C

— NASA (@NASA) January 16, 2017

He travelled into space three times, twice to the moon, and became the second American astronaut to walk in space.