Cernan Earth and Space Center
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Planetarium
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on the campus of Triton College
Triton College
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in the Chicago suburb of River Grove. It is named for astronaut Eugene Cernan, who flew aboard the Gemini 9 and Apollo 10
Apollo 10
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missions and, as commander of Apollo 17
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final manned mission in the American Apollo space program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 remains the...
, was the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the moon.
The Cernan Center's 44 feet (13.4 m) dome theater is equipped with a Spitz 512 star projector, a C-360 35 mm film projector, a laser projection system, a three-screen video projection system, a 2,300-watt audio system and numerous slide and special effects projectors. Using this equipment, the Cernan Center presents a wide range of programs to persons of all ages who attend its special school and group presentations and weekend public programs. The Cernan Center also features earth- and space-related exhibits, the Friends of the Cernan Center membership program, the Star Store gift shop (with online shopping via its Yahoo!
Yahoo!
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store) and a website (link provided below).