Ronald Evans
Ronald Evans is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, also one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.
Evans was selected as an astronaut by NASA as part of Astronaut Group 5 in 1966 and made his first and only flight into space as Command Module Pilot aboard Apollo 17 in 1972, the last manned mission to the Moon to date, with Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt. During the flight, he orbited the Moon as his two crewmates descended to the surface. Consequently, he is the last person to orbit the Moon alone and holds the record for the most time spent in lunar orbit at 148 hours. In 1975 Evans served as backup Command Module Pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission.
- Date of Birth: 11/10/1933
- Date of Death: 04/07/1990
- Status: Deceased
- First Flight: 12/07/1972
- Last Flight: 12/07/1972
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalk
Apollo 17 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 12/17/1972 20:27 UTC and ended at 12/17/1972 21:33 UTC on the Deep Space for a total of 1 hours and 5 minutes.
