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title: "thats-the-way-it-was:\n\nDecember 14, 1972: Astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.Photo: Eugene Cernan 10/13/72 (NASA)"
date: 2015-12-14 16:43:17 +00
tags: tumblr
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> December 14, 1972: Astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
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> Photo: Eugene Cernan 10/13/72 (NASA)

December 14th, 2015 8:43am