After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have sac…

- Gene Cernan

Once I finally stepped on the moon, no matter what was to come of the next three days - or the rest of my life - nobody could take those steps from m…

- Gene Cernan

We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.

- Gene Cernan

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?' I don't know. I don't have any an…

- Gene Cernan

Curiosity is the essence of human existence and exploration has been part of humankind for a long time. The exploration of space, like the exploratio…

- Gene Cernan

I'm quite disappointed that I'm still the last man on the moon.

- Gene Cernan

I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I k…

- Gene Cernan

Curiosity is the essence of human existence.

- Gene Cernan

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making …

- Gene Cernan