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Eugene Cernan Explore the timeline of the Apollo missions that led the United States to land the first humans on the Moon
Watch Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walking and singing on the Moon in December 1972
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Watch Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt walking and singing on the Moon in December 1972
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt singing “I Was Strolling...
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Eugene Cernan
American astronaut Eugene Cernan.
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Explore the timeline of the Apollo missions that led the United States to land the first humans on the Moon
Timeline and infographic of the Apollo space missions.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
Cernan, Eugene
Eugene Cernan, 1964.
NASA
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