Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon, died today in a Houston hospital. On Dec. 14, 1972, the Apollo 17 Commander stepped up from the lunar dust and into his Lunar Module, called Challenger, becoming the final person to walk on the moon. In less than four years, the Apollo moon visits were over; the only manned space exploration since has been shuttle and Soyuz flights to a few hundred miles above the Earth. In a rare interview awhile back, Cernan recalled his lunar landing like it was yesterday. JC: You flew three space missions, but on Apollo 17 you actually landed on the moon.

Source: Forbes January 16, 2017 21:10 UTC