Eugene Cernan

Everybody knows the first words spoken on the moon came from Neil Armstrong, but does anyone know the person who (currently) said the last words?

Eugene 'The Lunar Machine' Cernan:

"Bob, this is Gene, and I'm on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus–Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."

Of course the only reason it occurred to me to look it up? Phil from Modern Family:

Alex: “Who’s Eugene Cernan?”

Phil: “Apollo 17 astronaut. Last man on the moon. Coolest dad of all time. When he was leaving the moon, he reached down and wrote his daughter’s initials into the lunar surface. Since there’s no atmosphere…”

Alex: “They’ll be there forever. Wow, so every time she looks in the sky she’ll know there’s a message just for her.”

Phil: “Exactly. That’s why dads everywhere hate Eugene Cernan.”