# @lifeatpurdue on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0j6iKUO_Oc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18778505-lifeatpurdue-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7cfa354e77.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-12-07T18:03:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Purdue University (@LifeAtPurdue) — https://gondola.cc/LifeAtPurdue

## Caption

🚀 Eugene Cernan (BS electrical engineering ’56) was the most recent person to walk on the #moon. His historic #Apollo17 mission lifted off 51 years ago today. 

Former #Purdue President Mitch Daniels called him “a true hero, a pioneer in aviation and, to us, one of the greatest Boilermakers of all time.” 

Learn more about Cernan and discover why Purdue is known as the Cradle of Astronauts. 

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## Stats

- **Views:** 15,578
- **Likes:** 2,804
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 18

## Tags

moon, apollo17, purdue

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