Family Statement Regarding the Passing of Apollo Astronaut Eugene Cernan, Last Man to Walk on the Moon “The family of Apollo Astronaut Capt. Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, announced that he passed away today following ongoing health issues. “It is with very deep sadness that we share the loss of our beloved husband and father,” said Cernan’s family. “Our family is heartbroken, of course, and […]

The Last Man on The Moon Wants You To Go Back (Review), SpaceRef “Nearly half a century ago we sent people on improbable voyages to another world – because we could. Indeed, for a while, such voyages became routine. Then, suddenly, it was over. We stopped visiting the Moon before we had barely figured out to do so. We knew that it might be a while before we went back, […]

China’s bold lunar plan, Craig Covault, Aerospace America “Astronauts Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 and Eugene Cernan of Apollo 17 tell Aerospace America that engineering details emerging from China’s first robotic Moon lander suggest it is a formal precursor to a manned lunar module that would carry Chinese astronauts to the surface of the Moon around 2030. In their view, the time may be right for NASA to begin direct […]

Obama failed space program; Romney would revitalize it, opinon, Gene Cernan, Orlando Sentinel “Frankly, the world’s leading space-faring nation shouldn’t have to pay Russia for rides to the International Space Station. That’s not only an insult to the hundreds of women and men like me who have built a legacy based on, literally, reaching for the stars, but it also hurts the local economy and puts local jobs at risk […]

Ex-astronaut Eugene Cernan steps on Obama, Politico “I don’t think he fully understands what traditional America is all about, because he didn’t literally grow up here,” the Apollo 17 commander told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto. “I don’t think that I could convince him why this is important. I don’t know that he wants America to be first. I don’t know that he doesn’t want us to play on a more […]

NASA Statement on Today’s House Hearing Featuring Testimony by Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan According to a statement by NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications, David Weaver: “We respect the contributions Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan have made in service to our country, and thank them for helping to pave the way for our exciting future forward. Just as their ambitious missions captivated the nation’s attention nearly a […]

Committee Democrats Urge Sustained Support for Renewed Human Space Exploration Program “Today the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing entitled, “NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go From Here?” The purpose of the hearing was to assess NASA’s human space exploration goals, plans and capabilities, and examine related issues affecting the Nation’s leadership in space and the state of the aerospace industrial […]

House Hearing NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go From Here? “- Mr. Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, Apollo 11 – Captain Eugene A. Cernan USN (ret.), Commander, Apollo 17 – Dr. Michael D. Griffin, Eminent Scholar and Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville” Keith’s note: Once again Rep. Hall has stacked the deck without even the slightest attempt at being objective and […]

Roundup: Obama’s policy aims to revitalize space program John Holdren and Charlie Bolden “Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan are genuine American heroes who brought immense courage and competence to the historic manned moon missions they led. Obviously, they are more than entitled to their opinions about the best way forward for America’s space program today. But their opinions would be more worthy of attention if they were based […]

Last man on the moon: ‘I don’t have a lot of confidence’ in commercial space “I don’t have a lot of confidence in that end of the commercial space spectrum getting us back into orbit any time soon. I’d like to hear all these folks who call themselves commercial space tell me who their investors are. Tell me where their marketplace is. A commercial venture is supposed to use private […]