CHARLES DUKE

BIOGRAPHY

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the U.S. Flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Astronaut Charles M. Duke, lunar module pilot, took this picture. To date, he has logged 265 hours in space, and more than 21 hours and 28 minutes of extra vehicular activity.  ... See more See less