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Charles Moss Duke Jr.
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
October 3, 1935 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Joined NASA: |
April 4, 1966 |
| Left NASA: |
January 1, 1976 |
| Space Flights: |
1 |
| Time in Space: |
11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes |
| Number of EVA's |
3 |
| Total EVA Time: |
20 hours, 14 minutes, 14 seconds |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 10
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom
Apollo 11
Assignment: Capcom
Apollo 13
Assignment: Back-up Lunar Module Pilot
Apollo 16
April 16-27, 1972
Assignment: Lunar Module Pilot
Flight Duration: 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes
Apollo 17
Assignment: Back-up Lunar Module Pilot
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Naval Sciences, US Naval Academy, 1957
M.Sc., Aeronautics, MIT, 1964
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Spent three years as a fighter-interceptor pilot with the USAF stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
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September 1965, Graduate of the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, where he remained as an instructor until selected by NASA.
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April 1972, LMP on Apollo 16, where he and CDR John Young spent three days at the Descartes Highlands landing site exploring the region during three EVA's.
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Retired from NASA and the USAF(at the rank of Brigadier General) in 1976 to pursue private interests. He is the owner of Duke Investments and the Founder & President of Charlie Duke Enterprises.
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More recently he founded the Duke Ministry for Christ where he works as a speaker and Christian Lay Witness.
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While working as Capcom on the Apollo 11 mission he responded to Neil Armstrong after the landing with the word's "Roger Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot!"
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