Charlie Duke is an American former NASA astronaut and United States Air Force officer who served as lunar module pilot on Apollo 16 in 1972, becoming the tenth and, at 36 years old, youngest person to walk on the Moon. Before his own flight, Duke served as capsule communicator for Apollo 11, and his voice is heard on the historic recording relaying mission controls congratulations after the first lunar landing. He left an item on the Moon that has become well known, a photograph of his family.
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Charlie Duke was a NASA astronaut who flew Apollo 16 as Lunar Module pilot.
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is an American former astronaut
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In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth astronaut group.
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(born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days.
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In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth astronaut group.
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(born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days.
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The mission was crewed by Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly.
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