Gene Cernan signed and framed Apollo 17 photoEverything you'd want in a signed photo of Gene Cernan the last man on the Moon A striking signed photo of Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan, the last man on the Moon. Eugene Cernan, "the final man up the ladder", remains the last astronaut to know the sensation of touching the Moon's surface. The 1972 Apollo 17 mission he commanded was the last manned Moon flight to date. Cernan has signed handsomely: "TO EDDIE, YOUR FRIEND ON THE MOON!, Gene Cernan,