The opinions expressed within this review are solely those of the author and do not, necessarily, represent those of SpaceFlight Insider “Boy, I’ll tell you, it sure resonated with me, the personal insights it’s very true, the stuff for the families has always been very challenging.” “I thought it was great! There’s a lot of footage there that I’d never seen before, and I didn’t know that much, personally, about Gene Cernan’s life,” Ferguson told SpaceFlight Insider. Thursday’s screening was attended by another member of NASA’s elite astronaut corps, one who has his own place in space exploration history – the commander of the last space shuttle mission, STS-135, Chris Ferguson. Since that time, humanity has not ventured beyond low-Earth orbit. Navy.Īpollo 17 was the last mission to send crews to the lunar surface under the Apollo Program. 19.įour years after his journey to the Moon, Cernan retired from both NASA as well as the U.S. The trio splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. What followed was a mission that lasted more than 12 days, three of which Cernan and Schmitt spent on the lunar surface conducting an array of experiments. The Last Man on the Moon is a welcome addition to these films.Ĭernan, Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ron Evans thundered off of the pad at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 11:33 p.m. Thursday’s screening was sponsored by The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Orbital ATK, Million Air, and the University of Central Florida among others.Īs noted, Cernan is no stranger to major video productions having either appeared or been featured in the following documentaries: When We Left Earth, In the Shadow of the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon, the BBC’s The Sky at Night, as well as Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. It is an honest, heartfelt spotlight on the man who flew jets, who crashed a helicopter into the Indian River, and who cast the last footprints in the lunar regolith. The Last Man on the Moon is, in short, a triumph. So while Cernan is without-a-doubt the aforementioned bad-ass, he is also one who is capable of great humility, admitting his mistakes, as well as highlighting his successes (and giving thanks to those who made those achievements possible). The movie is, at times, awkward, clunky, and humbling it is wholly, wonderfully human. Rather, the three-time space flight veteran has said he has tried to give back to the world that made his experiences possible.įrom his time as a naval aviator to his hair-raising experiences on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, one thing is clear – Gene Cernan is a bad-ass! Cernan does not shy away from admitting that his career caused him to be away from home for extended periods of time, and although the word “selfish” is used in the film, it isn’t something that Cernan feels it describes how he has lived his post-NASA life. The words “brutally honest” easily come to the fore when one is either reading the book or watching the movie.
However, the vast majority of the film is based on Cernan’s life, something that was first provided for public consumption in his 1999 memoir of the same name.
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The documentary was reminiscent of the Discovery Channel series When We Left Earth regarding its portrayal of its depiction of space exploration.
The screening was held at the Aloma Cinema Grill in Winter Park, Florida, at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, March 17, a film about Cernan’s exploits, The Last Man on the Moon, was screened for guests, officials, and members of the media. Cernan as captured by Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 17 Harrison “Jack” Schmitt.
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