Re: ... and Gene Cernan's Birthday.
Reading this part not only condenses a career, but what a career! Happy Birthday, Mr. Cernan!
Captain Cernan was the second American to have walked in space having spanned the circumference of the world twice in a little more than 2-1/2 hours. He was one of the two men to have flown to the moon on two occasions, and as commander of the last mission to the moon, Apollo 17, had the privilege and distinction of being the last man to have left his footprints on the surface of the moon.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cernan-ea.html
Marcia (rushing to post) -apologies, this post should have had it's own spot... stood on it's own.