Description: APOLLO 16 LUNAR LANDER PILOT CHARLIE DUKE 5 X 7 COLOR MOON SALUTE. COMES PROTECTED IN ENCLOSED KANSAS COSMOSPHERE FOLDER Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days.[note 1]A 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Duke joined the USAF and completed advanced flight training on the F-86 Sabre at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, where he was a distinguished graduate. After completion of this training, Duke served three years as a fighter pilot with the 526th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany. After graduating from the Aerospace Research Pilot School in September 1965, he stayed on as an instructor teaching control systems and flying in the F-101 Voodoo, F-104 Starfighter, and T-33 Shooting Star.In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth astronaut group. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served as CAPCOM for Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon. His distinctive Southern drawl became familiar to audiences around the world, as the voice of Mission Control concerned by the long landing that almost expended all of the Lunar Module Eagle descent stage's propellant. Duke's first words to the Apollo 11 crew on the surface of the Moon were: "Roger, Twank...Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot!"Duke was backup Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. Shortly before the mission, he caught rubella (German measles) from a friend's child and inadvertently exposed the prime crew to the disease. As Ken Mattingly had no natural immunity to the disease, he was replaced as command module pilot by Jack Swigert. Mattingly was reassigned as command module pilot of Duke's flight, Apollo 16. On this mission, Duke and John Young landed at the Descartes Highlands, and conducted three extravehicular activities (EVAs). He served as backup Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 17. Duke retired from NASA on January 1, 1976. You may have done business with me a few years ago as CAL10PILOT with over 1300 positive feedback ratings. I had been a member since 1998. I have over 3000 aviation and space related items. I am just now getting back up and running on eBay for the third and last time. I hope it works out. If you are looking for early pioneers like the Wright Brothers, the early test pilots, pioneers of the space race, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Apollo/Soyuz,Apollo Skylab, or STS covers, photos or flown medallions, there is a chance I have something you would be interested in. Check out my items for sale and place me in your favorites. Collectors who know me deal directly, and there is a savings there for them.
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