Ronald E. Evans

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Ronald E. Evans was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known for serving as the command module pilot on the final Apollo lunar mission.

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Ronald E. Evans canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American military personnel
NASA astronaut
United States Navy officer
aerospace engineer
human
naval aviator
awardReceived NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
crewmate Eugene Cernan
surface form: Eugene A. Cernan

Harrison H. Schmitt
dateOfBirth 1933-11-10
dateOfDeath 1990-04-07
educatedAt Naval Postgraduate School
surface form: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

University of Kansas
employer NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States Navy
EVADuration about 1 hour 6 minutes
EVAStartDate 1972-12-17
familyName Evans
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering
givenName Ronald
lunarMission Apollo 17
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank captain
notableFor command module pilot on final Apollo lunar landing mission
one of the last people to travel to the Moon
numberOfChildren 2
occupation astronaut
engineer
test pilot
performedEVA Apollo 17
surface form: Apollo 17 deep-space EVA
placeOfBirth St. Francis, Kansas, United States
placeOfDeath Scottsdale, Arizona
surface form: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
positionHeld command module pilot
selectedAsAstronautBy NASA Astronaut Group 5
selectionYear 1966
sexOrGender male
spacecraft Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
spaceflightEnd 1972-12-19
spaceflightStart 1972-12-07
spaceMission Apollo 17
spouse Janet Evans
totalTimeInSpace about 12.5 days
about 301 hours
wasOnBoard Apollo 17

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Apollo 17 commandModulePilot Ronald E. Evans
Apollo 17 crewMember Ronald E. Evans
NASA Astronaut Group 5 member Ronald E. Evans