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Former astronaut Gene Cernan, a Navy pilot and veteran of NASA’s pioneering Gemini program who was the second American to walk in space and then flew to the moon twice as an Apollo astronaut, becoming the last human to leave his bootprints on its dusty surface, has died after a long illness. He was 82.
Just before the lunar module was set to leave the Moon’s surface, Cernan dropped to one knee and used his finger to carefully etch the letters “TDC” (his daughter’s initials) into the dust, where it will likely remain for the better part of a million or so years. A few years later, Cernan was hanging out with fellow moonwalker turned painter Alan Bean giving him some background info on the mission for one of his paintings when he noticed a familiar sight in one of his current pieces of work, a big-ass rock the Apollo 17 crew had encountered and studied while on the Moon. Cernan lamented to Bean that if he’d known that the rock was going to be such an iconic part of the mission, he would have taken a minute to write his daughter’s name onto it in between taking selfies.
RIP Gene Cernan, a pioneer of mankind and Father of the century!Tomick attached the following image(s):
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Interesting stuff Tom and a fabulous photo too, thanks for that. Good painter that Alan Bean, produces some excellent work!!   
Rest in peace Gene Cernan, sadly missed, and thanks for bravely endeavouring to push the boundaries of human exploration.
Kev 
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