Lawmakers Call for 1st NASA SLS Rocket to be Named for Last Man on Moon

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 15:01 in Astronomy & Space

U.S. lawmakers have authored legislation to christen NASA's first Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket the "Cernan 1" for the late Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon. If passed into law, Cernan's name could fly with a crew back to the

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