Charles Duke
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Charles Moss Duke Jr. 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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As a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman in 1957
ARPS Class 64-C. Duke is in the back row, third from the left.
Astronaut geology training. Duke (center) talks to geologist David Wones (second left)
Young (right) and Duke maneuver a training version of the Lunar Roving Vehicle in a field at the Kennedy Space Center built to resemble the lunar surface.
The Apollo 16 crew: Duke (left), John Young (center), and Ken Mattingly (right)
Duke salutes the flag
Duke on lunar EVA during Apollo 16, April 1972Awards 7
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Charles Moss Duke Jr. 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. Duke is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt.
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