Gene Cernan's Drive To Inspire Recalled By NASA Chief | Video
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Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2017 · Entertainment
"His drive, his motivation, was trying to pass that same desire onto young people today, to help them understand that just as he did it, coming from small town America, they can do the same," says NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Apollo 17 commander Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan died on Jan 16, 2016 at the age of 82. -- Eugene Cernan's Legacy: Apollo 17 Commander's Footprints Still on the Moon: https://goo.gl/I9RnFJ Space.com / Imagery/Interview courtesy: NASA/Bill Ingalls / edited by @SteveSpaleta
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