Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," has died. "Neil [Armstrong, who died in 2012] and I aren't going to see those next young Americans who walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong, left, is congratulated by Gene Cernan following the dedication ceremony of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Neil Armstrong, left, is congratulated by Gene Cernan following the dedication ceremony of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Completing their third moon walk on Dec. 14, Schmitt returned to the lunar module and was followed by Cernan.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 21:01 UTC