This December 13, 1972 image courtesy of NASA shows Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander, walking toward the Lunar Roving Vehicle during extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site of NASA’s sixth and final Apollo lunar landing mission. Pic/AFP Eugene A. Cernan, the commander of the Apollo 17 lunar-landing mission in 1972 and the last man to walk on the moon, died in Houston on January 17. Here are some facts about the retired US astronaut.