But Cernan revealed the true final statement, which he made as the crew prepared to launch from the lunar surface: "All right, let's get this mother out of here and go home."Įditor's Note: This article has been updated to specify the correct crewmember who flew in the lunar module with Cernan during the Apollo 10 mission.Įmail Sarah Lewin at or follow her Follow us, Facebook and Google+. When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter’s initials in the lunar dust. The last official words on the moon, as Cernan climbed the ladder, were "God willing, we shall return," he said. The two crewmembers on the moon's surface had to burn the engine for exactly 7 minutes and 14 seconds to make it off the surface and rejoin the command module.
Bonus fact: Last words on the moonĭuring the Q&A session with Cernan after the film ended, he discussed turning the lander's engine back on after his three days on the moon.
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Last thing before getting into the spacecraft to leave the moon on Apollo 17 (he was the last of the two astronauts to board), he wrote his daughter's initials into the lunar surface. Released February 26th, 2016, The Last Man on the Moon stars Eugene Cernan The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a user score of 64 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together. I have a vast collection of movies regarding NASA and their missions including all the Spacecraft films movies about Mercury, Gemini and Apollo (these contain the original NASA footage of the missions albeit edited) and there is a lot of footage in this movie that I have never seen before. After he returned from one of his missions, his daughter, Tracy, didn't seem too interested in hearing about the trip to the moon and back - all she wanted to know was when they could go camping. For more cosmic cinema, read our guide to the best space movies of all time. For more info visit the film’s official website, Twitter account and Facebook page. Last thingĬernan has always had a tight bond with his daughter. The Last Man On The Moon is out in UK cinemas on 8 April. The film was directed by Milo Forman and also features Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, and Paul Giamatti. Movie review of The Last Man on the Moon: In this documentary, former astronaut Eugene Cernan looks back at a life and career that took him into space three times. (Image credit: Mark Stewart Productions) 5. Man on the Moon is a 1999 biographical comedy-drama film about the late American entertainer Andy Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey as Kaufman.
Gene Cernan (center) with "The Last Man on the Moon" film crew at his ranch in Texas.
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