List Of All Astronauts Who Walked On The Moon

11 Eugene Cernan (December 1972)

• Full name: Eugene Andrew Cernan
• Born: March 14, 1934
• Age at moon landing: 38
• Spaceflight/Moon landing mission: Apollo 17
• Launch date: December 7, 1972
• Launch site: Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
• Spacecraft that put him on the moon: Apollo CSM-114/Apollo LM-12
• Moonwalk date: December 11 (EVA 1), December 12 (EVA 2), December 13 (EVA 3), 1972
• Return landing date: December 19, 1972
• Return landing site: South Pacific Ocean
• What you may not know about Eugene Cernan: Even though Cernan was the 11th man to set foot on the moon, he was actually the last to man to ever touch the moon’s surface, as embarked the Apollo LM-12 Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt (the official 12th man on the moon).

It’s our destiny to explore. It’s our destiny to be a space-faring nation. -Eugene Cernan

12 Harrison Schmitt (December 1972)

• Full name: Harrison Hagan “Jack” Schmitt
• Born: July 3, 1935
• Age at moon landing: 37
• Spaceflight/Moon landing mission: Apollo 17
• Launch date: December 7, 1972
• Launch site: Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
• Spacecraft that put him on the moon: Apollo CSM-114/Apollo LM-12
• Moonwalk date: December 11 (EVA 1), December 12 (EVA 2), December 13 (EVA 3), 1972
• Return landing date: December 19, 1972
• Return landing site: South Pacific Ocean
• What you may not know about Harrison Schmitt: Schmitt firmly denies scientist’s claims that human population is the cause of global warming. He compares the global warming scare to the Soviet Communism threat, meaning that “they” needed a new threat to manipulate freedom after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Global warming scare is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision-making -Harrison Schmitt