eugene cernan was part of apollo 10.was on the crew of apollo 10 which got almost to the surface of the moon, but not quite. it was a test run. they called it, as you can see up here, the brochure celebrating the successful mission. it was the dress rehearsal for the moon landing. one thing i love is a letter that eugene cernan wrote to his mother the night before he left on the apollo 10 mission. it says, "dear mom, as you are reading this now, god willing, we are on our way and almost to the moon. mom, i have wanted to write this to you to say i love you very much and always will. i want you to be happy and excited about this flight as i am. it has to be the most challenging adventure of my whole life. you know i would never go anywhere or do anything that was deliberately dangerous. i want to go on this mission so very much. nothing of this nature is without a little apprehension. but this makes the reward even more meaningful. think of us when you look up at the moon at night. take care. i love you. be proud, happy,

eugene cernan was part of apollo 10.rew of apollo 10 which got almost to the surface of the moon, but not quite. it was a test run. they called it, as you can see up here, the brochure celebrating the successful mission. it was the dress rehearsal for the moon landing. one thing i love is a letter that eugene cernan wrote to his mother the night before he left on the apollo 10 mission. it says, "dear mom, as you are reading this now, god willing, we are on our way and almost to the moon. mom, i have wanted to write this to you to say i love you very much and always will. i want you to be happy and excited about this flight as i am. it has to be the most challenging adventure of my whole life. you know i would never go anywhere or do anything that was deliberately dangerous. i want to go on this mission so very much. nothing of this nature is without a little apprehension. but this makes the reward even more meaningful. think of us when you look up at the moon at night. take care. i love you. be proud, happy, and excited.

arehis case of the exhibit materials from eugene tournament --eugene cernan's childhood. e of the interesting things i love in his collection is one of his report cards. saysis report card, it "eugene's writing needs improvement. perhaps he thinks faster than he can write." anyone who knows mr. cernan knows that he is so eloquent, such a wonderful speaker. , isee that at a young age think he did always think faster. getting things down on paper was not fast enough for him. captain cernan was an athlete in school. he was a baseball player, got a lot of awards for baseball. he was also a member of the national honor society. we have his induction pamphlet which i think a lot of students can relate to. i remember the national honor society ceremony. another item that is wonderful in this collection is a picture of eugene cernan on his grandparents' farm in wisconsin about 1949. his family was very hard-working. he spent a lot of summers on the farm to in hard labor and work for his grandparents. a great photograph. i think in looking at the childhood materials we have collect