This podcast extra takes a look back at the extraordinary life of navy aviator, test pilot and astronaut Gene Cernan who tragically died last month at the age of 82.

In this memoriam we discuss:

• Gene's stellar career
• Pioneering rendezvous and spacewalking techniques on Gemini 9A
• The final test run for a moon landing on Apollo 10
• Commanding the last ever moon landing mission on Apollo 17

The last footprints on the moon