At a recent event with some of these astronauts at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York, Charlie Duke ... So I went over backwards," Duke said. "It's a fiberglass shell, and it contained ...

Charlie Duke, an Apollo 16 astronaut ... "The backpack weighed as much as I did. So I went over backwards," Duke said. "It's a fiberglass shell, and it contained all your life-support systems.

As part of Apollo 16 in April 1972, Charles Duke became the tenth -- and youngest ... When I jumped, I fell over backwards. And that was scary because the backpack is not designed for impact ...

JOHNSTON — Fifty-one years after he walked on the moon, Charles Duke returned to ... went into my backpack and over I went backwards.” For Duke, it was a scary situation.