Eugene Andrew «Gene» CERNAN
26 Worldwide / 15 USA
Date of birth: March 14, 1934.
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The 1st Space Flight: 03.06.1966 – 06.06.1966.
• Launch: June 03, 1966 at 13:39; “Gemini - 9”. Pilot.
• EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 02 hours, 05 minutes) on June 05, 1966.
• Splash down: June 06, 1966 at 14:00; “Gemini - 9”. Pilot.
Flight duration: 3 days, 00 hours, 20 minutes, 50 seconds.
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The 2nd Space Flight: 18.05.1969 – 26.05.1969.
• Launch: May 18, 1969 at 16:49 UTC; “Apollo - 10”. Lunar Module Pilot.
• Moon orbit insertion on May 21, 1969 at 20:45 UTC.
• Undocking of LM from CSM on May 22, 1969 at 19:00.
• LM closest approach to lunar surface (14.4 km) on May 22, 1969, at 21:29 UTC
• Docking of LM and CSM on May 23, 1969 at 03:11.
• Trans Earth trajectory injection on May 24, 1969 at 10:25 UTC.
• Splash down: May 26, 1969 at 16:52 UTC; “Apollo - 10”. Lunar Module Pilot.
Flight duration: 08 day, 00 hour, 03 minutes, 23 seconds.
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The 3rd Space Flight: 07.12.1972 – 19.12.1972.
• Launch: December 7, 1972 at 05:33 UTC; “Apollo - 17”. Commander.
• Moon orbit insertion on December 10, 1972 at 19:47 UTC.
• Undocking of LM from CSM on December 11, 1972 at 17:20 UTC.
• Moon Landing: December 11, 1972 at 19:54 UTC.
• Moon EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 07 hours, 07 minutes) on December 11-12.
• Moon EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 07 hours, 32 minutes) on December 12.
• Moon EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity – 07 hours, 10 minutes) on December 13.
• Moon Lift-off: December 14, 1972 at 22:54 UTC.
• Docking of LM and CSM on December 15, 1972 at 01:10 UTC.
• Undocking of LM from CSM on December 15, 1972 at 04:51.
• Trans Earth trajectory injection on December 16, 1972 at 23:35 UTC.
• Splash down: December 19, 1972 at 19:25; “Apollo - 17”. Commander.
Flight duration: 12 day, 13 hour, 51 minutes, 59 seconds.
The 6th manned Moon landing.
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Total space walks (EVAs) – 4 (including 3 Moon walks).
Total time in outer space (EVAs) - 23 hour 54 minutes (including 21 hours and 49 minutes on the Moon surface).
Total space flights – 3.
Total time in space: 23 day, 14 hours, 16 minutes, 12 seconds.
Date of death: January 16, 2017.
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