biography
| name: |
Cernan, Eugene (Andrew)
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pronunciation:
[sernan]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Astronaut, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A US Navy officer (1956), he became a test pilot and went on to study aeronautical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. He undertook astronaut training (1963) and was a crew member of several historic missions: Gemini 9 (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), and Apollo 17 (1972). He was involved in the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (1975), later resigning from the navy to enter private business. |
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