1972 Event Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon 1972 Event Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon 1969 Event Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 Event Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1966 Event Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight, Stafford and Cernan 1934 Birthday Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Captain USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17
