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Gene Cernan

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1934–2017)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. As of 2026, he is the last person to walk on the Moon.

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“Gene Cernan” enters the record as american astronaut and lunar explorer (1934–2017). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gene, Cernan and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gene, Cernan and American.
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This entry incorporates text from “Gene Cernan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.