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OK, let’s get this mother out of here.
Gene Cernan
Commander Apollo 17. Reportedly, according to astronaut Walter Cunningham in The All-American Boys, the last words spoken on the Moon. The transcripts show Cernan saying right before takeoff, "Okay. Now, let's get off. Forget the camera," and the last words being Harrison "Jack" Schmitt saying, "3, 2, 1 ... ignition." The LM lifted off the Moon at 22:54:37 GMT.
Watch Apollo 17 leave the Moon
As I step off at the surface at Taurus-Littrow, I’d like to dedicate the first step of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible.
Gene Cernan
Commander Apollo 17, upon becoming the eleventh man to walk on the Moon.
Another hundred years may pass before we understand the true significance of Apollo. Lunar exploration was not the equivalent of an American pyramid, some idle monument to technology, but more of a Rosetta stone, a key to unlocking dreams as yet undreamed.
Gene Cernan
The Last Man on the Moon, 2000.
Bob, this is Gene, and I’m on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long into the future - I’d like to just [say] what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus- Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.
Gene Cernan
Commander Apollo 17. Last man to walk on the Moon.
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