The Last Man on the Moon

HistoryDocumentary

2016, Movie, 1h 35min

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Americans were preoccupied with other developments like NASA, the game-changing space programme that put Neil Armstrong on the moon. Yet it was astronauts like Eugene Cernan who paved the uneven, perilous path to lunar exploration. A test pilot who lived to court danger, he was recruited along with 14 other men in a secretive process that saw them become the closest of friends and adversaries. In this intensely competitive environment, Cernan was one of only three men who was sent twice to the moon, with his second trip also being NASA’s final lunar mission. As he looks back at what he loved and lost during the eight years in Houston, an incomparably eventful life emerges into view. Director Mark Craig crafts a quietly epic biography that combines the rare insight of the surviving former astronauts with archival footage and otherworldly moonscapes.

Country: United Kingdom

Director:

Mark Craig

Cast:

Eugene Cernan

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A pilot on Apollos 10 and 17, Cernan became the last person to set foot on the lunar surface in 1972.

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Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, shares his personal story of fulfillment, love, and loss in this documentary. With rare insight from the surviving former astronauts and archival footage, the film takes a unique look at the extraordinary life of an astronaut who was part of NASA's secretive process and became one of only three men to be sent twice to the moon. The film is a quietly epic biography that combines the intense competitiveness of the astronaut program with the otherworldly beauty of lunar landscapes.

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