Eugene Andrew Cernan (1934-2017)

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Honouring Gene Cernan, born #OTD March 14, 1934.

https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1900279161547088103

We salute Gene Cernan, born #OTD March 14, 1934.
#HappyBirthday
"Dream the impossible, and go out and make it happen.
I walked on the moon. What can't you do?"
(We miss you, Gino)

https://x.com/contactlight69/status/1900278055072936357

NASA Astromaterials @Astromaterials NASA History 9:04 PM · Mar 12, 2025
This week’s lunar eclipse will offer some surface beauty for the Moon, but let’s dig a little deeper.
What you’re seeing is @NASAAstronauts
Gene Cernan pushing a drive tube into the lunar surface during Apollo 17, and an XCT scan of that drive tube 50 years later before it was opened for the first time.

https://twitter.com/Astromaterials/status/1899914352385548529