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Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan, last man on the moon, mourned at funeral [i]Family, friends and fellow astronauts mourned the death of Eugene Cernan, the last man to step foot off the moon, at a funeral service Tuesday (Jan. 24). Cernan, who died on Jan. 16 at age 82, was remembered as "perhaps the best representation of a patriotic American that this country had" during the ceremony, which was held at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston and broadcast live by NASA on its television channel. "An excellent aviator and outstanding astronaut," said Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, who was on the back-up crew for Cernan's first mission. "We will miss you Gene — an extraordinary individual, who added another chapter in the history of spaceflight."[/i]
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