Charles Duke
by Detlev Van Ravenswaay
Title
Charles Duke
Artist
Detlev Van Ravenswaay
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Charles Duke (born 1935). Portrait of the US astronaut Charles Moss Duke. Duke was the lunar module pilot for NASA's Apollo 16 mission to the moon. He is one of twelve people that walked on the Moon during the Apollo programme. He and John Young spent just under three days on the Moon from 21-23 April 1972. Duke retired from NASA in 1975. He attained the rank of Brigadier General in the US Air Force in 1979, retiring in 1986. Photographed in 2010.
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July 28th, 2016
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