Post a coin from (1934, 1966, 1969) 1972. The Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, died today.

Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, died today. Cernan was born in 1934. He flew on three space flights. His first flight was Gemini 9 in 1966, where he became the second American (and third in history) to walk in space. His second flight was Apollo 10 where he was the Lunar Module (LM) pilot. Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, and flew within 9 miles of the Moon's surface in May 1969. Cernan was the Commander of Apollo 17, which flew in December 1972, and became the last human to walk on the Moon's surface. His final words on the surface were, "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind".

I had the good fortune to talk with him multiple times in both formal and informal circumstances, and he was always a sociable guy.

Post a coin from 1934, 1966, 1969 or 1972 in Memory of Cernan.

This coin was imaged by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.

 

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I thought about you when I saw it in the news today.

 

Weird that he died on Monday..
Quote "originally a translation of Latin dies lunae "day of the Moon".. closed quote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday

 

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Another sad day as we loose another hero of my generation.

 

Only one I could find at the moment but wanted to join the thread.

 

Just to clarify, there are currently six men alive who have stepped on the moon. Cernan was literally the one who walked on the moon last. All are over 80, so it's likely noone will step on another world while these men still breathe.

 

Sad day indeed when we lose the heroes that were shot into space while sitting on tonnes of highly flammable and explosive rocket fuel. They were brave, and perhaps a slight bit foolish.

The Apollo 17 landing was the only one I remembered from my childhood, the others happened when I was too young to remember. I remember in the evening watching the moonwalk and then running out the front door to look at the moon and see if I could see the astronauts!

 

A couple additions to my 1934 year set.