Charles Duke Quotes


Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.


Citations

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Apollo 11 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1969, p. 319.

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Charles Duke
Charles Duke
  • Born: October 3, 1935
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot

Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American former astronaut, U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth (and as of 2021 remains) and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days.