July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the first crewed moon landing. As the big moment approaches, Apollo astronauts are touring planet Earth to discuss and celebrate NASA's historic achievement.

But danger wasn’t foremost in Charlie Duke’s mind 50 years ago this month when he and fellow Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Ken Mattingly were in the midst of one of the last and most ...

The lunar module pilot on NASA's penultimate moon landing mission, Duke lifted off with his two Apollo 16 crewmates, commander John Young and command module pilot Ken Mattingly, 50 years ago on ...

Bean painted Apollo 8 as it emerged from behind the ... About this painting, Russo notes, “Duke pushed an instrument called a penetrometer into the lunar soil to determine its hardness.

April 16: Apollo 16 astronauts John Young, Charles Duke and command module pilot Ken Mattingly take off on the fifth moon-landing mission. June 17: Burglars break into the Democratic National ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A big celebration at the South Carolina State Museum marks 50 years since Apollo 16, when South Carolinian Charles Duke became the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon.

In a recent interview with Business Insider, Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke recalls one of the more harrowing moments of his brief stay on the Moon. An unfortunate tumble put Duke’s life in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration. Part of that effort ...

Sponsor Message Mattingly got his chance to fly to the moon on Apollo 16. As John Young and Charlie Duke walked on the lunar surface in 1972, he orbited in the command module conducting scientific ...