Some were lost during missions, others deliberately dumped, all of them now part of the growing problem of space debris.

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., formerly the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, will join Duke University for a two-year appointment as executive-in-residence, Provost Alec D. Gallimore ...

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John ...

Duke’s connection to the stars began right here in St. Pete before attending the Naval Academy and joining the space program in 1966. He landed on the moon with Apollo 16 in 1972, a year after ...

Imagine: you spent years training for a sojourn to the Moon, flew there on top of a Saturn V rocket as part of Apollo 16, to ultimately land on the lunar surface. You then spend the next few days o… ...

apollo 16 1 Articles Lunar Landing Lunacy: Charles Duke Confronted With Reality-Deniers August 24, 2024 by Maya Posch 104 Comments ...

Apollo 16 crew shown at Kennedy Space Center The black-and-white image shows astronauts Charles Duke, John Young and Thomas (Ken) Mattingly standing next to a lunar rover, but the men are not on ...

The 'moon rock scoop' was part of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 that saw the astronauts return to earth with 211 pounds of lunar samples. Duke can be seen using the 5.5 inch shovel, equipped with ...

A one-of-a-kind tool used on the NASA Apollo 16 mission in the 1970s is up for grabs to the highest bidder. The tool is expected to go for over $750,000.

Born in Lancaster, South Carolina, Charles Duke is a proud South Carolinian. And in true fashion, Duke requested that grits be on the menu for the Apollo 16 mission.