Eugene Cernan yageze ku kwezi ari mu kigendajuru Apollo 17 cy’ikigo cy’Abanyamerika gishinzwe ibirebena n’ikirere (NASA). Mu kwizihiza iyi sabukuru y’imyaka 40, hakozwe filimi yitwa Fly Me To The Moon igaragaza uko urwo rugendo rwari rwifashe ikaba inyuzwa kuri televiziyo Fox News.

Ikinyamakuru New York Times cyashyize ahagaragara abantu 12 babashije kuvumbura byinshi ku kwezi harimo 8 bakiri kuri iyi isi babanzirizwa na Eugene Cernan w’imyaka 78. Mbere yuko uyu mugabo agera ku kwezi, hari hamaze gusubikwa ingendo 3 z’ibigendajuru Apollo 18 apollo 19 na apollo 20, mu mwaka w’1970.

Kuri ubu, Neil Armstrong wagiye bwa mbere ku kwezi afatwa nk’umuntu ukomeye. Niwe wabashije gutinyura abatuye isi aberaka ko byose bishoboka. Yagiye ku kwezi mu cyogajuru Apollo 11 nacyo cya NASA tariki 21/06/1969.

Ernest Kalinganire