Cernan, Gene

Gene Cernan
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Gene Cernan

Name	Cernan, Gene Gender: M
Birthname	Cernan, Eugene Andrew
born on	14 March 1934 at 02:33 (= 02:33 AM )
Place	Chicago IL, USA, 41n52, 87w39
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA
Astrology data	23°05' 07°52 Asc. 08°33'

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Biography

American astronaut and jet pilot, the second man to walk in space as the commander of Apollo 17. From the time he was a kid, Cernan was fascinated by flying. He lived his dreams by becoming a U.S. Navy jet pilot on 11/22/1957. With the space race competition with the Soviet Union heating up, Cernan was anxious and excited to make the short list of NASA Apollo program recruits. He flew three times in space, first with Gemini 9, Apollo 10, and his last mission, the moon mission Apollo 17.

Cernan grew up sharing a bedroom with his sister Dee in Bellwood, IL, a suburb of Chicago. His father encouraged his son to become an engineer rather than his dream of taking to the sky as a pilot. He won a Navy scholarship to Purdue University. In college, Cernan met fellow student and friend, Neil Armstrong. In 1956, he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering and the rank of ensign. He earned his wings in 1957 and became a member of the Navy Attack Squadron 126.

Officials at NASA interviewed Cernan for a placement in the space program in the summer of 1963. In October 1963, he was offered a position with the Apollo program. Moving his family to Houston, he reported to duty on 2/01/1964. In a group of fourteen, he spent 20 weeks in technical assignments, survival trips to jungles and deserts, field trips to volcanoes, and classroom lectures. He was placed in the backup crew for Gemini 9. On 2/28/1966, the original crew of Gemini 9, Charlie Bassett and Elliot See were killed in a plane accident. That day was the most difficult moment for Cernan in all his years in the NASA space program.

With his partner Tom Stafford, Cernan was launched into space on 6/03/1966 at 9:39 A.M. On his second trip to space on 5/18/1969 at 12:49 P.M. liftoff, the Apollo 10 mission was to only roam the surface of the Moon. He watched from mission control in Houston when Neil Armstrong in Apollo 11 landed on the moon on 7/20/1969. On 12/07/1972 at 00:33 A.M. Cernan went into space for the last time as commander of Apollo 17. He drove the lunar rover on the moon. He left NASA in July 1976 and took a job in the private sector.

Cernan met Texan Barbara Atchley, a pretty Continental Airline stewardess at Los Angeles International Airport in 1960. They married on 5/06/1961. Their daughter Tracy was born on 3/04/1963. Barbara tried to be a supportive wife during her husband's absence physically and emotionally during his NASA program. Cernan worked seven days a week traveling the world with the space program. His family paid a heavy price for his dedication in his career. By 1976, the couple divorced but remained friends. He married his second wife, Jan Nanna, in 1987. The couple raise cattle on their ranch in Texas hill country.

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Events

• Work : Great Achievement 3 June 1966 (First Space Flight)

• Work : Great Achievement October 1968 (Second Space Flight)

• Work : Great Achievement 6 December 1972 (Third Space Flight)

• Work : New Job February 1964 (Reported to NASA)

• Work : New Career 22 November 1957 (Jet pilot for the Navy)

• Social : End a program of study 1956 (Graduated with a degree in engineering)

• Work : Gain social status October 1963 (Recieved position with the Apollo program)

• Death of Significant person 28 February 1966 (Friends on space team killed in plane crash)

• Work : Retired July 1976 (Left NASA to work in private sector)

• Relationship : Marriage 6 May 1961 (First marriage Barbara Atchley)

• Family : Change in family responsibilities 4 March 1963 (Daughter Tracy born)

• Relationship : Divorce dates 1976 (From Barbara)

• Relationship : Marriage 1987 (Second wife Jan Nanna)

Source Notes

Gauquelin Book of American Charts

(Lynn Koiner quotes him by letter for a time of 0630, with his printed notation "I think.")

Categories

• Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military (NASA)

• Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Second man to walk in Space)

• Vocation : Travel : Astronaut

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)

• Vocation : Military : Military career (Jet pilot, Navy)

• Traits : Body : Constitution hardy (Top physical condition)

• Vocation : Engineer : Electrical

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Parenting : Abusive - Neglectful (Always at work)